The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership—entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress.
McCarthy, a favorite of his party's establishment but a bete noire of the far right, made sweeping concessions overnight to quell a rebellion of around 20 hardliners in his own camp blocking his bid to be the country's top lawmaker.
Before Thursday's defeats, McCarthy had already been humiliated by failure to secure the gavel six times in a chaotic 48 hours, losing each round to Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who is also short of the required majority. The Californian also reportedly signaled that he is willing to give the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus two or three seats on the powerful Rules Committee, the speaker's mechanism for controlling how floor votes are conducted.
Three Republican lawmakers due to head national security committees also warned in an open letter Thursday that the House is currently unable to conduct oversight of the Pentagon or intelligence community. McCarthy's failure is being seen as a further marker of Trump's weakening hold over the party, however, as the lawmaker's vote share actually dropped after he received the former president's endorsement on Wednesday.
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