The vote ended a week-long, rancorous GOP rebellion that left the chamber rudderless for the longest period since before the Civil War.
Other proposed changes to lure more voters into the GOP leader's column were giving the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus more seats on key congressional panels, such as the powerful House Rules Committee.
"The idea that on the anniversary of January 6 Republicans are about to vote for him as speaker is up," Democrat Jim McGovern, of Massachusetts, said in tweet Friday.Throughout all 15 ballots, all 212 House Democrats stuck by Jeffries, the first Black leader of either major American political party in the House of Representatives.
After McCarthy fell one vote short on the 14th ballot failed Gaetz had animated discussions on the House floor after he once again withheld his support from the Republican leader. "I am excited and encouraged," Gaetz told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday before the final vote.
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