Members of the US House of Representatives will try, for a fourth day today, to elect a Speaker on Friday in an attempt to end a political impasse.
The frontrunner, Republican Kevin McCarthy, has so far failed to reach the 218 votes required for election.
That’s due to a right-wing cohort within his own party refusing to vote for him.
There have so far been 11 failed votes – a paralysis of government not seen since the pre-Civil War era.
McCarthy needs to ease the concerns of enough Republican holdouts – 16 out of 20 – to get him over the line to the speakership.
For more than a day now, there has been talk of concessions he could make to win them over. As talks proceed, the outlines of a potential deal have become clearer.
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