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House adjourns until Wednesday after McCarthy fails to win enough votes to become Speaker

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Tuesday marked the start of a new Congress with Democrats retaining the Senate and Republicans taking control of the House. Republican Kevin McCarthy has aimed to be Speaker for years but a group of his own party members adamantly opposed him. The rebellion from far-right lawmakers left McCarthy short in multiple rounds of votes so far. Lisa Desjardins reports from Capitol Hill.

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democrat minority leader, kevin mccarthy, mccarthy
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