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Congress votes in third day of House speaker stalemate

The speaker's chair of the U.S. House sat empty for a third day Thursday, as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed anew on the seventh of an excruciating string of ballots.

By Kevin Martin

January 5, 2023 at 6:33PM
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., listens before the tenth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, walks off after speaking with Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., after a failed seventh vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., reacts after voting present during the seventh round of votes in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep.-elect John James, R-Mich., hugs Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after nominating him in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Tally sheets are filled out during the ninth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, talks with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during the eighth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) speaks as voting for the next House Speaker begins for a third day, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday offered fresh concessions to hard-right Republicans refusing to back him for House speaker, as a historic deadlock that has paralyzed Congress entered its third day with no resolution. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Children look at a monitor in Statuary Hall as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) receives applause as he nominates Hakeem Jeffries of New York, as voting for the next House Speaker begins for a third day, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday offered fresh concessions to hard-right Republicans refusing to back him for House speaker, as a historic deadlock that has paralyzed Congress entered its third day with no resolution. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., votes for himself for the ninth time in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Voting for the next House Speaker begins for a third day, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday offered fresh concessions to hard-right Republicans refusing to back him for House speaker, as a historic deadlock that has paralyzed Congress entered its third day with no resolution. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., casts a vote during the seventh round of voting in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., plays a game before the start of the ninth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), is surrounded by reporters as he walks out of a meeting, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. McCarthy on Thursday offered fresh concessions to hard-right Republicans refusing to back him for House speaker, as a historic deadlock that has paralyzed Congress entered its third day with no resolution. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., listens before the tenth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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