Several Republican holdouts switched their votes to McCarthy in the 12th round, but there were still enough votes against him to keep him from winning a majority.
is trying again Friday to muster a majority on the floor to win the race for speaker after falling short in 12 rounds of voting, now into its fourth day this week.
On Friday morning, just before a 10:15 a.m. GOP conference call to present the framework of a deal with some of the GOP holdouts opposing him, McCarthy told CBS News,"We're going to shock you." But after that conference call, two people on the call told CBS News no deal had been reached. After the House adjourned for the day, McCarthy chose to adopt a philosophical view of the succession of failed votes.
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