Kevin McCarthy Feels The Pain, Fails To Refrain

Normally, to get this much “na-na-na-na”-ing from a McCarthy you’d have to put the 10 hour YouTube version of “Hey Jude” on.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters as he returns to the Capitol from a bipartisan meeting with President Donald Trump about border security and ending the partial government shutdown, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Normally, to get this much repetitive “na-na-na-na”-ing from a McCarthy you’d have to put the 10 hour YouTube version of the Beatle’s “Hey Jude” on. But to be fair, House Minority Leader and wannabe Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) only went on, and on, and on, for eight and a half hours last night.

Punchbowl News:

The California Republican broke Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s record for the longest House floor speech, clocking in at more than eight-and-a-half hours in opposition to the Democrats’ $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Act. McCarthy stretched the “magic minute” afforded to congressional leaders to its extreme. McCarthy’s staff has been planning this for some time, but kept it secret from everyone.

McCarthy finally yielded the floor at 5:11 a.m. The House will be back in session at 8 a.m., with Pelosi set to speak. There will be a procedural motion to recommit and then a vote on final passage of the BBB.

“I don’t know that this speech is going to make a difference,” McCarthy said just after 3 a.m. Of course it won’t. The BBB looks like it is going to pass at…