What does some of their constituents think of House rebels who brought Congress to a stop?

I think it's a bunch of you.

Be asked myself.

Lawmakers failed to elect a speaker in 11 tries and prepare for number 12.

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What do voters think of a long-running fight over who serves as House Speaker?

The House adjourned last night after an 11th round of balloting failed to produce a winner.

Republicans hold the majority but a small faction will not go along with their choice of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker.

This is now the most drawn-out Speaker's race since before the Civil War.

And as it unfolded NPR Member Station reporters talked with some of the lawmakers constituents,

including Republican Robert Step of Colorado, whose representative is one of the holdouts, Lauren Bobert.

Well, I think it's a bunch of BS myself because they're trying to get a Speaker into the House

and everything and nobody's wanting to agree on what. And it's just a bunch of just a bunch of nonsense

that's going on. NPR's Congressional Corresponding Claudio Grisalis is with us.

So we heard Robert Step of Colorado say it's a bunch of nonsense.

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