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the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is a special edition of the the situation room. good evening, wolf. i m erin burnett, tempers and frustration mounting, if you can say that, possibly at a peak. the last time the race for speaker has gone on this long was more than 160 years ago. here we are tonight, wolf. it s amazing what s going on. what s taking place is truly stunning. 21 republicans declining to vote for kevin mccarthy today, leaving the california congressman without the votes needed to finally grab the speaker s gavel. the humiliating losses comes despite him privately offering up even more concessions. and we re learning that the negotiators are pushing to strike a deal tonight, in an attempt to show progress. what will that progress look like? will it be enough to give mccarthy th ....
To empower some of the members on the far right. one of the big chief demands is to give them more power over the speakership, allow for one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. he has given in for that. he s also agreed two members of the freedom caucus seats on the very powerful house rules committee. that committee says the parameters for floor debate, what legislation can come to the floor. those concessions, among other issues appear to be enough to win over some reps, assuming they sign off on all the details they ve been haggling about, but that is still not enough to get kevin mccarthy the 218 votes he needs. it could close the gap, but republican sources tell me that still mccarthy has to go member by member. there s some incoming freshmen, other members that still have concerns. to alleviate the concerns, and ....