The House adjourned Tuesday evening without a resolution, scheduling a fourth round of voting to begin around noon Wednesday.
“It won’t [end] until McCarthy drops out,” a former House leadership aide who has been involved in anti-McCarthy planning told The Post.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to receive enough votes to become the next speaker of the House on the first and second ballots on January 3, 2023.
This is the first time in 100 years that a second vote for speaker of the House has been necessary.
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On the second ballot, all 19 holdouts supported Jordan, who tried to head off the revolt by giving the nominating speech for McCarthy.
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