Political fundraising groups tied to Kevin McCarthy have for years thrown millions of dollars behind select conservative candidates.
Now, those lawmakers are standing in the way of the California Republican accenting to the speaker’s chair.
All of the 21 House Republicans who voted against Mr. McCarthy in one of the 10 attempts to elect him speaker as of Thursday evening have individually benefited to the tune of thousands of dollars in recent elections from political groups tied to Mr. McCarthy.
The campaign donations show that the fundraising efforts may have helped the GOP retake the House majority, but the money has failed to help Mr.