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(WASHINGTON) -- The House Republican leadership standoff is stretching into a third day Thursday after six failed votes to decide on a speaker over Tuesday and Wednesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no other business --
(WASHINGTON) -- The House Republican leadership drama enters a second day Wednesday after three failed votes to decide on a speaker Tuesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a small group of hardliners demanding concessions or alternative candidates. The House can conduct no other business -- and members can't be sworn
The move to back Byron Donalds ups the stakes by the faction, partly led by Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, opposing U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
Donalds was nominated for House speaker in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of voting.
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy won the nomination Tuesday for House speaker, clearing a first step with majority support from his colleagues, but he now faces a weeks-long slog to quell right-flank objections before a final vote in the new year. McCarthy has led House Republicans this far, and with the party now on the cusp…