New Congress live updates: What's next after Kevin McCarthy's speakership win

As he barreled toward a seventh defeat on Thursday, McCarthy told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott that he was still confident his party would get to a solution to the historic stalemate over speaker. But he insisted he doesn't "pick the day."

Scott pressed McCarthy on whether the concessions he made to his opponents were enough.

"Concessions," he laughed with a smirk.

"I think we’re having good discussions. I think everybody wants to find a solution. And the good thing about it is we worked this all out at the beginning, so the rest of the Congress will be very productive for the American public," he said.

When asked if he was confident he would get the votes he needed on Thursday, McCarthy responded: "Look, I don’t pick the day. I’m confident we’ll get to the solution. Otherwise, we won’t be successful. So I think everybody, of the members I’ve talked to, have been very productive. They’ve been productive in their discussions, their ideas, and I just feel in these meetings the attitudes of everyone is they want to find a solution. And that’s positive. So I think we’ll get there."

Pressed on how to convince his critics who don't trust him to vote for him, McCarthy laughed again.

“Everybody builds trust," he said.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said he expects another round of voting on Thursday.

-with ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Gabe Ferris and Allison Pecorin

McCarthy on Thursday lost another election for speaker, failing to pick up any votes despite making new concessions to the conservative GOP rebels opposing his bid.

McCarthy received 201 votes in the seventh round -- the same number he received in the three votes held on Wednesday.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., again saw the most support with 212 votes from the Democratic caucus. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., received 19 votes as the GOP's protest nominee against McCarthy.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, a leading opponent of McCarthy, voted for Donald Trump for House speaker. This is the first time Trump has received a vote. The former president, weighing in on the speaker battle, has thrown his support behind McCarthy.

One lawmaker, Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz, voted present.

Members are currently voting for a seventh time to elect a speaker of the House.

The matchup is the same as the previous three rounds: McCarthy is facing Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Republican Rep. Byron Donalds.

The results will show whether McCarthy's gained any support after offering new concessions to his critics.

"People ask me, 'What is the end game? How does this end?' The answer to this question is that this is a dynamic process. All of the decisions on this floor result from the coming together of minds, one way or another," Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., said as he nominated Donalds. "This is the people's business. We will resolve the people's business."

Freshman Rep. John James, D-Mich., nominated House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, Calif., for speaker as the third day of voting got underway.

James compared the vote to that of 1856, when it took months to elect a speaker -- but boasted that McCarthy would emerge victorious.

"The leading Republican nominee won then, and the leading Republican nominee will win again today," he said.

James conceded that "we're stuck at a malaise, at an impasse, and we will stay here," but insisted that McCarthy deserved the speakership after Republicans won the House majority.

"You don't fire a guy who's winning," he said, before urging Republicans to accept the victory.

"We need to learn how to win."