Republican lawmakers from Texas formed a united front in support of Kevin McCarthy’s bid for U.S. Speaker after three changed their votes.
Three days of deadlock have left the U.S. Speakership vacant, and now doubt is increasing over whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy will manage to wield the gavel.
The showdown between congressional Republicans has left the office of U.S. Speaker of the House vacant for a second day.
For the first time in 100 years, a candidate for U.S. Speaker failed to secure the needed votes by the first round of voting.
Van Taylor indicated in an email that he had called his runoff opponent, Keith Self, to wish him well.
Taylor had faced criticism for his vote in favor of a bipartisan commission to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Taylor voted in favor of a commission to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol, but he did not vote for the U.S. House’s select committee.
