For the first time since 1923, the U.S. House of Representatives failed Tuesday to elect a new Speaker on the initial ballot, signaling the start of what could be a factitious, days-long drama to find a Republican successor to former Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.
But for Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, Calif. — the Republican leader who was also denied the gavel on Tuesday’s second ballot by a rebellious clique from the right wing of his caucus — it was, in a way, the story of his life.the last time he was on the cusp of becoming speaker, in 2015, after he appeared on Fox News and effectively admitted that the House probe into the 2013 Benghazi terror attack had a political motive..
After chairing both the California and national Young Republicans, McCarthy won a seat in the state Assembly in 2002, then succeeded the retiring Thomas in the U.S. House four years later." and eventual replacement in the 2015 speaker vote, McCarthy has not devoted himself to ideological purity or policy manifestos. By most accounts, he's a traditional, pro-business conservative at heart.
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