After returning from adjournment late Friday night, House Republicans were dead set on putting an end to the days long voting sessions that had yet to tally in favor of Kevin McCarthy, or anyone else for that matter, as Speaker of the House — so much so that a brawl nearly broke out.
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, an opponent of McCarthy throughout the duration of the voting sessions, positioned himself in the roll call lineup on Friday in such a way as to ensure that his vote would be the deciding factor on whether McCarthy would spend his first morning as the newly appointed speaker on Saturday, or end the night with another adjournment.
