--- description: Lawmakers will try to select a Speaker of the House of Representatives after Republican Kevin McCarthy fell short in 11 rounds of voting. title: Watch Live: Speaker of the House Election Day 4 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc35e069e7a0d4a3b/698a3943b21a9c579c506d4f/GettyImages-1246022316.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: House Votes on Speaker of the House as Kevin McCarthy Tries to Convince Holdouts by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2023 5:11 PM CUT  US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) looks on as US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) addresses US Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) on the House Floor as voting continues for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2023\. - The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership -- entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) US Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) looks on as US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) addresses US Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) on the House Floor as voting continues for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2023\. - The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership -- entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2023 5:11 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6245153/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-4-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6245153/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-4-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: House Votes on Speaker of the House as Kevin McCarthy Tries to Convince Holdouts","datePublished":"2023-01-06T17:11:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:15:04.075Z","description":"Lawmakers will try to select a Speaker of the House of Representatives after Republican Kevin McCarthy fell short in 11 rounds of voting. Watch Day 4 live.","url":"https://time.com/6245153/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-4-live/","keywords":["Congress","News","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc35e069e7a0d4a3b/698a3943b21a9c579c506d4f/GettyImages-1246022316.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/bltc35e069e7a0d4a3b/698a3943b21a9c579c506d4f/GettyImages-1246022316.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-CONGRESS-SPEAKER","caption":"US-POLITICS-CONGRESS-SPEAKER","creditText":"AFP via Getty Images","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/6245153/watch-speaker-of-the-house-vote-day-4-live/","name":"Watch Live: House Votes on Speaker of the House as Kevin McCarthy Tries to Convince Holdouts"}}]}] ```