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Meanwhile in national news, we still don’t know who will be the speaker of the House.
U.S. Rep Scott Perry became a leading roadblock Tuesday preventing Kevin McCarthy from becoming the leader of the chamber., was one of the 19 Republicans who defied McCarthy in three votes.Republicans hold only a narrow majority in the House, so defiance from Perry and others has endangered McCarthy’s push to become speaker. It illustrates the power that a few uncooperative GOP lawmakers will have to slow or stop House business in the new Congress.
The vote marks the first time in 100 years that a potential speaker failed to win enough votes on the first try.
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