McCarthy scrambles for support on eve of speaker vote

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On the eve of the speaker vote, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made an eleventh-hour push to get the votes needed to lock down the support needed as a group of conservative defectors continue to threaten to derail his ability to get the gavel.

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