Bobby Eberle -- 13-Minute News Hour

Is McCarthy Done? House Holds Six Votes for Speaker with No Winner | Bobby Eberle Ep. 506

2023-01-04

After six rounds of voting on Tuesday and Wednesday, Kevin McCarthy has still not been able to prevail in the race for speaker of the House. McCarthy's vote total has gone from 203 to 202 to 201 with 218 needed for victory. Is McCarthy done? Rep. Byron Donalds was nominated on Wednesday as an alternative to McCarthy, and he garnered twenty votes in rounds four, five, and six. With pressure mounting on House Republicans, who will emerge as speaker? McCarthy? Byron Donalds? Someone else?...