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as assistant to the secretary of state, and the international trade economist rebecca harding. welcome to the programme. if at first you don t succeed, try, try and try again seems to be the game plan for kevin mccarthy in his bid to become the speaker of the house, after failing three times yesterday to get enough support from his party. but 2a hours on, the stalemate continues. he s lost twice again already today and now we are heading to a sixth vote, all because a small group of right wing republicans are blocking his path. some of them say they will never support him, no matter what concessions he gives. but mr mccarthy isn t backing down. this is the scene live in the house now, where that sixth vote is expected. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, no bills can be debated, no decisions made. so, it has to be resolved, no matter how long it takes. it could go on and on until some sort of deal is made behind the scenes. to give you a bit of history ....
Emphasis on the administration over future legislation, and very importantly and this will probably be very familiar of parliament followers they really want a place that will give them the ability to call for a no confidence vote at any moment to allow even just one or a few members to be able to say kevin mark carthy isn t doing what he promised conservatives. it’s mark carthy isn t doing what he promised conservatives.- mark carthy isn t doing what he promised conservatives. it s a long list of demands, promised conservatives. it s a long list of demands, but promised conservatives. it s a long list of demands, but there - promised conservatives. it s a long list of demands, but there are - promised conservatives. it s a long. list of demands, but there are those that are the never mccarthy, no matter what he authors, they won t want him to an appointment win on this. want him to an appointment win on this. . , ., ., ., this. that s the million-dollar question. th ....