Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid fell short again for a third day in a row. His proposed concessions failed to move a single GOP holdout in the 7th speaker vote.
Kevin McCarthy’s dragged-out bid for the speaker’s gavel fell short for a third day in a row, with Republicans still at a stalemate despite the tentative deal offered Wednesday night.
The next steps for Republicans are unclear: McCarthy is offering new concessions to his holdouts, including allowing one member to force a vote on deposing a speaker. But it’s not clear it will get him across the finish line, with a handful of members vowing to continue opposing the GOP leader regardless of a deal.
The GOP leader’s team laid out a potential deal to his dissenters on Wednesday night that would give into nearly every demand that conservative skeptics insisted on. Additionally, the conservative Club for Growth has agreed to back McCarthy’s speaker bid pending the deal with the hardliners. That came after the McCarthy-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund reached an agreement with the group to stay out of open House primaries for safe Republican seats.
It was a sharp turnabout from Tuesday morning, when one Republican recalled McCarthy beating his chest in conservatives’ direction during a tense closed-door conference meeting, saying: “You vote against me? You get less. I take things away.” Rules Committee seats would help McCarthy skeptics place their imprint on bills before they come to the floor. Conservatives are also seeking the GOP leader’s commitments for votes on specific pieces of legislation, including standalone consideration of each of the 12 yearly appropriations bills.
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