WASHINGTON—After a sixth straight failure to name a new Speaker of the House, Members adjourned until 8 p.m. Wednesday evening, sparking intense talk that some sort of deal is in the offing to resolve the deadlock.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) received the same 201 votes the sixth time around that he got on the fourth and fifth earlier in the day, just as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) again got the votes of all the chamber’s 212 Democrats.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) received 20 votes for the third time as well. Donalds told Fox News shortly after the sixth vote that he thinks McCarthy may yet find the path to victory….