It’s been a dramatic first working day of January on Capitol Hill, as the House has just failed to elect a Speaker on the second ballot of the day. As Jennifer O’Connell covered, 19 Republicans did not vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), leading to a first ballot result of 212 votes for Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, 203 for McCarthy, and the remaining votes going to Republicans Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, Jim Banks, and Lee Zeldin. On the second ballot the results were much the same, but with all 19 Republican dissenters uniting to vote for Jordan.Read More