Kevin McCarthy’s speaker quest hit a historic mark Thursday evening when the voting rounds crossed into double digits. The last time a speaker race took more than nine ballots to resolve was in the 1850s, before the Civil War. Roll Call photojournalists have documented the stalemate all week.
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