The drama-filled course of to elect Kevin McCarthy as Home speaker : The Image Present : NPR

Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California gestures towards the newly put in nameplate at his workplace after he was sworn in as speaker of the 118th Congress.

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Speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) celebrates with the gavel after being elected as speaker.

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Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., swears in members of the 118th Congress on the Home flooring.

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is congratulated after successful the fifteenth vote within the Home chamber because the Home enters the fifth day making an attempt to elect a speaker.

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) shakes fingers with former Home speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

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Newly elected Speaker of the U.S. Home of Representatives Kevin McCarthy takes the oath of workplace after he was elected on the fifteenth poll.

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) calls his mother after being elected speaker after fifteenth rounds of votes.

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Home Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) talks to Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) within the Home Chamber after Gaetz voted current in the course of the fourth day of voting for Speaker of the Home.

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Reps. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, and Byron Donalds, R-Fla., are seen on the Home flooring throughout a vote during which Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., didn’t obtain sufficient votes for Speaker of Home on Friday, January 6, 2023.

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after Gaetz voted “current” within the Home chamber.

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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) is restrained after stepping into an argument with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) throughout within the 14th spherical of voting for speaker.

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Reps.-elect Dan Bishop (R-NC), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) watch flooring proceedings because the seek for speaker continued for a fourth day.

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Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ailing., interrupts Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as he nominated Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, within the Home chamber because the Home meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker.

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Republican members stroll out of the chamber as Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks because the Home meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker.

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Rep.-elect Dan Bishop (R-NC), proper, tells fellow members, together with Rep.-elect Anna Luna (R-FL) and Rep.-elect Mary Miller (R-IL), that he’ll assist Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in that spherical of voting for Speaker of the Home.

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Reps. Mary Miller, R-Ailing., proper, and Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., are seen on the Home flooring.

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Rep.-elect Clay Higgins (R-LA) (R) places a Bible on the again of Rep.-elect Andrew Clyde (R-GA) as he votes for Home Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

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Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) affords a cellphone with the initials “DT” to Rep.-elect Matt Rosendale (R-MT). It was former President Donald Trump on the road.

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Rep-elect Tim Burchett (R-TN) (2nd-L), Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) (C) and Rep.-elect George Santon (R-NY) (R) congratulate Home Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) after he’s elected Speaker of the Home.

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Rep. Bryan Steil, (R-Wis.), holds up the tally sheet within the Home chamber after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, (R-CA), was elected as speaker.

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Vote talliers report the poll for Home Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after being elected Speaker of the Home.

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Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) (R) talks to Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-AZ) within the Home Chamber in the course of the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the Home.

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Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) casts his vote on a movement to adjourn within the Home Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Constructing.

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Incoming Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., hugs Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., as he receives the gavel on the Home flooring.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, (R-Ga.), takes a selife with Republican Chief Kevin McCarthy, (R-CA) on the finish of the fifteenth vote after he acquired sufficient votes to develop into Speaker of the Home.

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Rep.-elect Chip Roy (R-TX) talks to reporters in Statuary Corridor after switching his assist for Speaker of the Home to Republican chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

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Rep.-elect Byron Donalds (R-FL) (L to R), Rep.-elect Dan Bishop (R-NC), Rep.-elect Andy Ogles (R-TN) and Rep.-elect Chip Roy (R-TX) communicate to the media after voting for Republican chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for speaker of the home.

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Republican Home members communicate to the media after altering their vote to Republican chief Kevin McCarthy.

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