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Kevin McCarthy voted Speaker of the House on 15th vote — we had some questions about the chaotic week in Congress and got a few answers

  • Written by Rachel Paine Caufield, Professor of Political Science, Drake University
imageMore jaw-jaw needed to end the GOP speaker war, Mr. McCarthy?Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

Editor’s note: This article was published prior to a 15th vote in the House of Representatives that saw Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California elected as House Speaker in the early hours of Jan. 7, 2023. It still has lots of super interesting information...

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