The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Sessions dropped out of the race after a first round of voting within the Republican conference. Williams entered the race after the apparent front-runner, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, failed to reach the 217-vote threshold, but later on Tuesday evening and the Texas lawmaker was also out.

The 221-member Republican majority in the House have gathered in a closed-door session to vote on a nominee.

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Tom Emmer – the third nominee in three weeks – drops out of race just hours after winning nomination

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who earlier Tuesday was chosen by House Republicans to be the third speaker nominee in as many weeks, has dropped out.

The forum comes as the House will vote to pick a new nominee in the third week without a speaker

House Republicans on Monday night expressed some cautious optimism that their time without a leader is nearly over.

"A messiah will be born unto us who can achieve this miraculous threshold," quipped Rep. Tom McClintock

House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government, because the Senate can’t pass…

Florida Republican says his focus is on ‘securing our border, funding our government responsibly, advancing a conservative vision’