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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Republican hardliners’ revolt against Kevin McCarthy shuts down US House of Representatives

Republican speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, and Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader, at the Capitol on Wednesday.
Republican speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, and Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader, at the Capitol on Wednesday. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

The US House of Representatives has been forced to postpone all votes until next week – paralyzed by a revolt against its Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, by ultra-conservative members of his own party.

The standoff between McCarthy and a hardline faction of his own Republican majority has forced the chamber into a holding pattern that looks likely to persist until at least Monday.

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