--- ---  # Watch Live: Day 3 of the Chaotic Speaker of the House Election by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jan 5, 2023 5:16 PM UTC  Washington , D.C. - January 4: Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reacts after a fourth round of voting for a new House Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress, Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The House reconvened after failing to elect a speaker Tuesday on three straight ballots. (Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Washington , D.C. - January 4: Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reacts after a fourth round of voting for a new House Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress, Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The House reconvened after failing to elect a speaker Tuesday on three straight ballots. (Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Washington Post via Getty Im—2023 The Washington Post by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jan 5, 2023 5:16 PM UTC Watch Live: Speaker of the House Election Day 3 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6244868/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-3-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6244868/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-3-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Day 3 of the Chaotic Speaker of the House Election","datePublished":"2023-01-05T17:16:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:14:39.483Z","description":"Lawmakers will try to select a Speaker of the House of Representatives after Republican Kevin McCarthy fell short again on Wednesday. Watch the votes live.","url":"https://time.com/6244868/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-3-live/","keywords":["Congress","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt158bc31a02535a66/698a393b22fb85832de2e4a4/GettyImages-1246010254.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt158bc31a02535a66/698a393b22fb85832de2e4a4/GettyImages-1246010254.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Second Day of 118th Congress","caption":"Second Day of 118th Congress","creditText":"The Washington Post via Getty Im—2023 The Washington Post","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6244868/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-3-live/","name":"Watch Live: Day 3 of the Chaotic Speaker of the House Election"}}]}] ```