For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker's chair of the US House sitting empty on Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber's gavel.Pressure was building as McCarthy lost seventh, eighth and then historic ninth, 10th and 11th rounds of voting, surpassing the number 100 years ago, in a prolonged fight to choose a speaker in a disputed election.By nightfall, despite raucous protests from Democrats, Republicans voted to adjourn and return on Friday to try again.
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