The House of Representatives erupts in chaos and adjourns for a second day without electing

a speaker.

What can make future votes any different than the previous six?

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A historic stalemate in the U.S. House is headed into its third day as Republicans

failed again to elect a speaker.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy started Wednesday hopeful that he would have the speakers

gavill by day's end.

We could go through every name in the conference and be at the end of the day and we'll be able

to get there.

But if McCarthy does get there at the end of the day as the expression goes that day was

not going to be Wednesday.

Not only did he fall short, three more times as some of his fellow Republicans voted against

him, his party barely had enough votes to adjourn last night.

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