GOP's McCarthy pressured to 'figure out' speaker race
The HinduHouse Republicans are at a crossroads as leader Kevin McCarthy has failed over and over again to become House Speaker, but he remains determined to persuade enough conservative holdouts to vote for him and end the stalemate. “No deal yet,” Mr. McCarthy said late Wednesday before the House abruptly adjourned. “I think people need to work a little more,” Mr. McCarthy said Wednesday as they prepared to adjourn for the night. Colorado Republican Ken Buck voted for Mr. McCarthy but said Wednesday that he told him “he needs to figure out how to make a deal to move forward” or eventually step aside for someone else. The right-flank conservatives, led by the Freedom Caucus and aligned with former President Donald Trump, appeared emboldened by the standoff — even though Trump publicly backed Mr. McCarthy, “This is actually an invigorating day for America,” said Florida Republican Byron Donalds, who was nominated three times by his conservative colleagues as an alternative.