With Vote Looming, McCarthy Remains Short of Support to Become Speaker

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A monthslong lobbying effort has failed to yield the breakthrough the California Republican would need to cement the top job, threatening a messy floor fight just as his party is assuming control of the House.
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How is the House speaker chosen? The Constitution doesn’t say.