.GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy offers opponents new concessions in bid to break speaker stalemate
McCarthy said Wednesday evening that talks with his detractors were fruitful after he failed to reach the 218 votes needed to become speaker in a series of three ballots held the same day. The concessions are expected to narrow the gap for McCarthy, according to CNN, which reported the news, though it’s not clear they will be enough for him to win majority support.
McCarthy made major concessions to the group when he released a House rules package for the new Congress, most importantly agreeing to allow just five members to initiate a vote to oust a sitting speaker. But the changes were not enough to soften their opposition. McCarthy has fallen short in round after round of the speakership election that began on Tuesday.
McCarthy and his allies met with detractors for hours in a bid to break the impasse, finally agreeing to a number of new concessions. McCarthy offered to allow a single member to call for a vote to oust the speaker, the holdouts’ original demand, and committed to adding more Freedom Caucus members to the Rules Committee, according to CNN. He also pledged a vote on bills regarding term limits and border security.
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