House Adjourns as McCarthy and Opponents Struggle Toward Deal for Speaker

House Adjourns as McCarthy and Opponents Struggle Toward Deal for Speaker
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (L) talks with Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) (2nd L) and fellow Republicans in between roll call votes for Speaker of the House of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 3, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed “good progress” late tonight in his long-running, often fractious negotiations with dissident populist conservatives who oppose his bid to become Speaker of the House.

Leaving the negotiating room in the Capitol, McCarthy told reporters that he thinks “it’s probably best that people keep working tonight. I don’t think voting tonight does any good but a vote in the future will.”

Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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