.ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Complete live coverage as Kevin McCarthy battles for the speaker's gavel in the new House after a fourth vote fails to elect him.
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But there's still no strategy emerging. Asked how he gets to 218 votes today, he said,"We're going to continue to talk; we'll find an agreement, where we all get together, and we'll work through this and we'll get it done." Democrats nominated Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who has already made history as the first Black man elected to lead a party in Congress. He will serve as the Democratic caucus leader for the next two years.Rep.-elect Chip Roy, R-Texas, nominates Rep.-elect Byron Donalds, R-Fla.Rep.-elect Chip Roy, one of Kevin McCarthy's critics who refused to vote for him Tuesday, nominated Rep.-elect Byron Donalds to be speaker during the first round of voting Wednesday.
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