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Charlie Jones

US politics in crisis as historic 11th vote is lost to elect Republican House Speaker

Republicans have failed to elect House Speaker 11 times in a row despite holding a slim majority in the House of Representatives.

The repeated failures come after a small group of hard-right lawmakers refuse to back the wider party's choice for Speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

The last time the House failed to elect a Speaker was 100 years ago.

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