McCarthy’s Speaker Bid In Jeopardy As GOP Lawmakers Oppose His Leadership

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Republicans Brace for Unprecedented Outcome as Speaker Vote Looms The vote for the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives is currently underway with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries in the running McCarthy is facing opposition from some conservative lawmakers and needs almost unanimous support from his party to win the vote A failure of McCarthy s bid would be unusual and could indicate the unstable state of the Republican majority with intense political battles expected over issues such as immigration and the debt ceiling in the coming years The vote is being conducted via an alphabetical roll-call and could go to a second ballot if no candidate receives a majority Click here to visit this podcast episode

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