McCarthy loses another speaker vote without gaining ground in 8th round ballot
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Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy lost the eighth round of voting for House speaker without gaining any ground among Republican holdouts.
McCarthy has repeatedly failed to secure the 218 votes required to become speaker in seven separate roll calls since Tuesday. Nineteen Republicans opposed him in the first two votes, but now his opposition has grown to 21 after the HFC nominated Florida Republican Rep.-elect Byron Donalds on Wednesday. Indiana Republican Rep.-elect Victoria Spartz also switched her vote from McCarthy to "present." Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the politics team for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to Jessica.Chasmar@fox.com.
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