The standoff on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives continued on Wednesday as Republicans failed for a fourth, fifth and sixth time to rally around Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker. CBS 2’s Noel Brennan was monitoring the historic battle.

Right now a standoff on the house floor Republicans failed for a fourth fifth And sixth time today to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House our Noel Brennan is in The Newsroom tonight Monitoring this historic Battle of null Well Joe Congress is adjourned until Seven Chicago time so how did we get Here well Republicans have a slim Majority in the house about six GOP Lawmakers are considered never Kevin They want someone more conservative more Than a dozen others are on the fence I Rise to nominate the gentleman from California Mr Kevin McCarthy for Speaker Of the House Madam speaker I Rise to Nominate Kevin Mark Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House the nominations Keep coming and the votes do too a Speaker has not been elected but round After round Republican leader Kevin McCarthy falls short of the total he Needs to be the next speaker of the House thanks to about 20 Republicans who Refused to give him their vote same Outcome No change Illinois congresswoman Jan Shakowski and fellow Democrat Mike Quigley can only guess where it goes From here this hasn't happened for a Hundred years so this is really Uncharted Territory What happens next is is just something I Don't think that they have thought out

None of us have been sworn in for the 118th Congress it's very frustrating What would you rather be doing today Rather than casting the same vote over And over and over again I would like to Be looking at what is the legislative Agenda what are the things that we can Vote on you know structuring the the House you know forming committees but Nothing can happen in the house until There's a speaker and all members are Sworn in there's so much to be done Um and I'm ready to get started work That won't start until a stalemate ends If we still want to function we want to Show the rest of the world that we can Get things done it begins today Members of Congress can't even hire Staff right now nothing so the work of The nation comes to a grinding halt so How long can this go on indefinitely in Theory the longest vote was in the Mid-1800s when it took a couple of Months live in The Newsroom Noel Brennan CBS 2 news thank you Noel

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