By Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Maureen Chowdhury and Elise Hammond, CNN
The House has voted to adjourn until noon on Friday — without a clear decision on a speaker. The House cannot continue any business or swear in new members without filling the speaker role.
Lawmakers voted five times on Thursday, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy was unable to secure the votes to win the speakership.
Members say negotiations are ongoing.
The House is now voting on whether or not to adjourn until noon ET on Friday.
The motion needs a simple majority to pass.
Kevin McCarthy was defeated again in the 11th round of voting for House speaker.
This is now the longest speaker contest in 164 years.
His GOP opponents nominated two other Republicans – Rep. Kevin Hern and former President Donald Trump – to draw votes away from McCarthy.
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries had the unanimous support of his caucus.
The final tally was:
From CNN's Kate Sullivan, Annie Grayer and Morgan Rimmer
GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry, a key negotiator who is trying to lock in support for Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker, said the House is “probably not” going to adjourn any time soon.
But he expressed optimism about the state of the negotiations.
“Each meeting is more positive than the last. And that's a very nice sign,” McHenry told reporters as he emerged from the GOP negotiating room.
“This is gonna be a nice evening eventually, just a question of when,” he said.
When asked if there was a deal physically on paper he quipped, “Yeah, no, we’re not quite digital yet.”
“What we want to do is have assurances on paper about what the process is and how to deliver these conservative reforms that I think the conference will appreciate and endorse,” he said.
From CNN's David Wright
Rep. Kevin McCarthy steered hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to members of the GOP caucus now threatening his bid for Speaker of the House, FEC records show.
Since 2008, McCarthy’s leadership PAC, Majority Committee PAC, has given $316,000 to 17 of the Republican members now opposing him.
One of the largest beneficiaries is also one of McCarthy’s most vocal opponents, Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry, who has received more than $50,000 from McCarthy’s PAC since 2012.
McCarthy has also given at least $25,000 to Reps. Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Andy Harris and Ralph Norman over the years.
McCarthy’s contributions to the rebellious members were made through his leadership PAC, Majority Committee. Leadership PACs are fundraising vehicles that exist in addition to a candidate’s primary campaign committee. Prominent members, leveraging their profile, use them to raise and dispense extra cash to their allies.
Here's a look at contributions:
Rep. Kevin McCarthy appears to have suffered defeat in the 11th ballot for House speaker as more than five Republicans opposed his bid.
The current bid for House leadership is now the longest speaker contest in 164 years.
A group of hardline Republicans have so far derailed McCarthy's bid to become House speaker — even after McCarthy reportedly proposed major concessions late Wednesday.
No member of Congress can be sworn in until a House speaker is elected.
Why CNN says "appears to" suffer a defeat before the gavel goes down: Members-elect have the ability to change their votes before the vote is gaveled over. CNN is following along and tallying the voice votes as they happen, but it's important to be clear that anything could technically change before the vote ends.
From CNN's Annie Grayer, Morgan Rimmer and Kate Sullivan
GOP Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the GOP holdouts voting against Rep. Kevin McCarthy, told CNN a deal that is in the works includes certain changes they are looking for.
"This is changes that we want," Norman told CNN after viewing a deal in GOP Rep. Tom Emmer's office.
“This is round one. It's on paper, which is a good thing," he said.
Norman said the majority of the deal revolves around rule changes like a 72-hour rule to review bills, term limits, and open amendments.
The deal, he said, did not address committee assignments.
Norman added that he was not sure if there was enough support from lawmakers to adjourn the House tonight.
From CNN's Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Kit Maher
Rep. Kevin McCarthy is currently huddled in the speaker’s ceremonial office, off the House floor, and was just joined by key negotiators: Rep. Byron Donalds, Rep. Tom Emmer and Rep. Chip Roy.
The three Republicans scrambled up to the second floor to meet McCarthy after a lengthy negotiating session in Emmer’s office with other lawmakers, where they were viewing an emerging written deal to break the stalemate over McCarthy’s speakership.
Lawmakers just started voting on an 11th speakership ballot.
The House is now voting for the 11th time for speaker — the fifth round on Thursday alone – as Republicans remain gridlocked.
A group of 20 lawmakers has stood in the way of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's quest to be speaker.
Democrats, who are in the minority, have stood united behind their nominee, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
In addition to McCarthy and Jeffries, former President Donald Trump and Rep. Kevin Hern were nominated for the speaker role in this round.
It's unclear if anything will change however as McCarthy has lost the last 10 ballots.
