Congress

Kevin McCarthy’s Hostage Crisis Reaches Its Climax

MY KEVIN

Hours away from the speaker vote, Kevin McCarthy appears to be walking to the House floor without enough votes to be speaker.

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Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty

When a new Congress convenes on Tuesday, lawmakers will do what they have done for centuries: elect a speaker.

But for the first time in exactly 100 years, that election may not be decided on the first ballot—and may not be settled by the day’s end.

That’s because, just hours before the...

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