Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appears to have lost the second ballot for Speaker of the House. While the vote totals have not been officially announced, he garnered 203 votes, with 19 Republicans voting against him. A candidate needs 218 votes to become speaker. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) got 212 votes. The preliminary vote totals remained the same from the first ballot. While McCarthy was expected to face stiff opposition from a small group of hardline critics, few predicted the sort of double-digit shellacking that happened on the House floor Tuesday. The House, which hasn't needed more than one vote to elect a Speaker in a century, will now need to go to a third
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