U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate
STORY: U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate
DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:00
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect the speaker
2. various of exteriors of the U.S. Capitol
STORYLINE:
The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned on Tuesday evening after its members failed to elect a speaker for the lower chamber.
U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes in three ballots earlier in the day after a group of House Republicans voted against him.
There will be at least a fourth vote as House members agreed to adjourn until Wednesday noon. McCarthy was reportedly negotiating with fellow Republicans on Tuesday night.
The political drama came nearly two months after the 2022 midterm elections, in which Republicans flipped the House and Democrats held onto their majority in the Senate.
This was the first time in a century that the
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