US House in chaos after Kevin McCarthy loses speaker votes
US House in chaos after Kevin McCarthy loses speaker votes. In a day filled with high drama in politics, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was repeatedly unsuccessful in his attempt to become Speaker in the US House of Representatives. The House ended without any Speaker on the night of Tuesday, the first time since 1923 that they failed to select the speaker after the first round vote. The beginning of a new Congress was meant to be a celebration of those in the Republican Party as it took control of the lower chamber following the November elections. However, President McCarthy was…