After 15 rounds of voting held over five days, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the US House of Representatives
in his nomination speech, saying, the"issues that divide us today are much less severe that they were in 1856; in fact, there's far more that unite us, than divide us, regardless of our political party of ideology."US Rep. Clay Higgins, a Republican from Louisiana, prays in the House chamber on Thursday.McCarthy speaks with members of the media as he leaves the House chamber on Wednesday.Reporters in the press gallery look at results of the vote to adjourn on Wednesday.
Donalds speaks to the media on the House steps Wednesday. Donalds told CNN that the chief demand was to allow just one member to call for a vote seeking a speaker's ouster.Jeffries, a Democrat from New York who will become the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress, watches Rep. Katherine Clark, a Democrat from Massachusetts, have a conversation on Wednesday.Boebert stands next to Donalds as she casts a vote for him on Wednesday.
— even if a speaker is not chosen yet — so their families can witness the moment and not have to wait around the Capitol all day.House staff wheel a large cart of pizzas through Statuary Hall late on Tuesday night. McCarthy continued to negotiate Tuesday night, sources said, in an effort to get to 218 votes.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images
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