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Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks at the Republican watch party in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Rep. Andy Biggs: McCarthy still ‘well short’ of votes on the cusp of House speaker vote

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks from the speaker's office on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Squatter?’ Matt Gaetz seeks to boot Kevin McCarthy out of speaker’s office

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., is followed by reporters as he heads to the House Floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Infighting over speaker’s gavel cripples House GOP’s first day in the majority

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., is followed by reporters as he heads to the House Floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McCarthy’s chances for speaker are diminishing, but which members stand in his way?

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., listens during the second round of voting for the next Speaker of the House on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House adjourns opening day with no speaker

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stands on the floor after he failed to get enough votes to become the new House Speaker during the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Thwarted again: Anti-McCarthy Republicans dig in, block him from speaker on second ballot

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R- Ohio, speaks on behalf of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for House Speaker on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Conservative firebrand Jim Jordan makes pitch for McCarthy in second bid to elect House speaker

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks from the speaker's office on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House conservative faction blocks McCarthy’s bid for speaker

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The new 118th Congress, with Republicans in control of the House, begins Jan. 3, 2023, but the first task for the GOP is electing a new speaker and whether House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., can overcome opposition from conservatives in his own ranks to get the job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kevin McCarthy’s fate on the line, House conservatives warn speaker’s election could take days

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks to the media at Trump Tower, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 in New York, after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Newt Gingrich slams Kevin McCarthy’s detractors as ‘kamikazes’ attempting to sink GOP

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., makes a point from the Republican side as the House Judiciary Committee holds an emergency meeting to advance a series of Democratic gun control measures, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘I’m a no’: Matt Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy unable to convince GOP holdouts on eve of Speaker vote

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber for final votes as the House wraps up its work for the week, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP faces historic leadership fight when Congress reconvenes Tuesday

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Republican, is among the leaders of a nore signed by nine current and incoming House Republicans saying Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, hasn't done enough to earn their vote for speaker on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Nine more House Republicans call McCarthy’s concessions insufficient

By Haris Alic — Special to The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, as the House is considering President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

McCarthy’s dream of becoming House speaker in disarray: ‘A promotion shouldn’t be failure’s chaser’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Illustration on Liz Cheney for Democrat House speaker by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

House Democrats should nominate Liz Cheney as speaker

By Tom Giovanetti

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, confers with Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., during a news conference about the appropriations process by the majority Democrats to fund the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lying in wait: Scalise lurks as McCarthy struggles lock up House Speaker role

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

From left, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., attend the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the United States Department of Justice with testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Michaels Reynolds/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Boebert-MTG fight over McCarthy speakership spills out online

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker

Can unpopular Kevin McCarthy actually grab the speaker’s gavel?

By Joseph Curl

President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump backs McCarthy for speaker, warns of ‘doomsday’ if GOP doesn’t come together

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on recommending Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kevin McCarthy deserves to be House speaker

By Edward Woodson