After four days and 13 humiliating defeats (as of this writing), Representative Kevin McCarthy is still pursuing the sisyphean task of becoming the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He’s tried bargaining, dealing, and who knows, maybe even crying as he fails over and over again.
At this point, the Government is frozen and people in Washington might not get paid, because the House controls payroll and it can’t do anything at all without a speaker. Is there an end in sight? One Marvel fan thinks they found the answer.