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WASHINGTON — U.S. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost an 11th vote for House speaker on Thursday, his latest defeat in what has already become the longest speaker balloting process since 1859.
Ahead of the vote, two members of the bloc of 20 Republican holdouts opposing McCarthy’s speakership formally nominated alternative candidates to McCarthy: The first pick was GOP Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, who leads the influential…
