“No deal yet,” he said as he left a lengthy closed-door meeting with key holdouts. “But a lot of progress.”
Yet McCarthy not only wasn’t giving up, he was sounding optimistic after calling off a night-time session.
Seeing no quick way out of the political standoff, Republicans voted abruptly late in the day to adjourn as they desperately searched for an endgame to the chaos of their own making. They were due back in the evening, but the House was at a standstill. She said, “To all Americans watching right now, We hear you. And we will get through this — no matter how messy.”
The House gaveled in at noon, but no other work could be done — swearing in new members, forming committees, tackling legislation, investigating the Biden administration — until the speaker was elected. The 118th Congress, the most diverse in history, was seated Tuesday, as legislators prepare to govern in a divided Washington.
“I just think it’s really embarrassing it’s taking so long,” Biden said. “I have no idea” who will prevail. Earlier Wednesday, Trump had done the opposite, urging Republicans to vote for McCarthy. “Close the deal, take the victory,” he wrote on his social media site, using all capital letters. “Do not turn a great triumph into a giant & embarrassing defeat.”
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