House Adjourns as Deal on McCarthy Speaker Bid Remains Elusive
- McCarthy said Wednesday night meeting yielded some progress
- Californian’s speaker bid blocked by hard-line conservatives
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The US House adjourned Wednesday night after Kevin McCarthy and GOP dissidents failed to reach a deal on the California Republican’s languishing bid to become speaker.
The 216-214 vote to adjourn fell largely along party lines in an unusually raucous chamber, sparing McCarthy a seventh public defeat in two days.