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On the third ballot for speaker, the number of conservatives voting against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) grew as he continues to struggle to garner the 218 votes needed to secure the gavel.

Republican control of the U.S. House got off to a rocky start when the party was unable to quickly decide who should become speaker.

Twenty House Republicans voted on Tuesday for someone other than Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to be the next speaker of the House. 

Roy has been vocal in his dissatisfaction with Republican leadership in both the House and Senate. He is playing a key role in the challenge to Republican speaker hopeful Kevin McCarthy.

GOP turmoil sank Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy on three votes for speaker of the House in the new Congress. Dem. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries also got votes.

GOP turmoil sank Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy on three votes for speaker of the House in the new Congress. Dem. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries also got votes.

Successor and happened when mccarthy was going to be the house republican leader and gave bad interviews and lost all support but this was before the vote there was a scrambling to get paul ryan who was the chairman of the budget committee to become speaker. this is not the situation here. he brought it to the floor of the house. >> yeah, he dropped out then and said he wont do that now. two thing that is stood out, the cs. eli crane and michael cloud who voted no. eli crane had ads from the fun...

U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to win a first ballot to become Speaker of the House, with Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles voting against him.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the votes needed to elect him as the next speaker of the House for the 118th Congress.

Republican control of the U.S. House got off to a rocky start Tuesday when the party was unable to quickly decide who should become speaker.