From WSJopinion: More than a few Republicans have a history of preferring combative sound bites to actual governing, and their struggle to elect a Speaker is an ominous sign of old habits being reasserted
Journal Editorial Report: Gridlock is likely—for worse, or maybe better. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyHouse Republicans say they want to drain the swamp and save America, but they can’t even get through Day 1 without a display of dysfunction. Stipulated, Rep. Kevin McCarthy isn’t everyone’s ideal of a conservative Speaker. But he has led the House GOP since 2019, raised oodles of money for November’s midterms, and easily won a leadership vote last year, 188-31.
Yet when the House gathered to organize itself Tuesday, a rump Republican faction blocked Mr. McCarthy’s elevation as Speaker. After the first roll call, Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries had 212 votes. Mr. McCarthy had 203. Nineteen Republicans named somebody else. With no majority winner , the leadership race went to multiple ballots, a spectacle that hasn’t been witnessed since 1923. By our deadline, the House had adjourned after voting three times but with little movement in the numbers.
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