Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R. CA) offered members who opposed his speakership bid a new set concessions. He also included seats on the powerful House Rules Committee as he sought to end a deadlock that prevented him from becoming the speaker.

McCarthy claimed Wednesday evening that he had been able to have productive talks with his opponents after failing to get the 218 votes required to be elected speaker. He was unable to do so in three separate ballots. According to CNN, the concessions will narrow McCarthy’s gap, but it is not clear if they will be sufficient to win majority support.

Twenty Republicans have voted against him, even though the majority of the GOP conference supports his leadership bid. His detractors, who are largely aligned to the conservative House Freedom Caucus have a large influence, even though they only received four votes to seperate the two parties in the narrowly divided House.

Hard-liners took advantage of the razor-thin Republican majority to make a string of demands on McCarthy that would reduce his power and raise the caucus members’ status on important committees.

McCarthy made significant concessions to the group by releasing a House rules package to the new Congress. He also agreed to allow only five members to initiate an initiative to remove a sitting speaker. Their opposition was not softened by the changes. McCarthy failed in every round of the speakership election, which began Tuesday.

After the sixth ballot was completed, the House adjourned on Wednesday. It had 19 Republicans backing Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida (R-FL), which withdrew its support for McCarthy the previous day.

McCarthy and his associates met for hours with their detractors in an effort to end the impasse. Finally, they agreed to several new concessions. According to CNN, McCarthy agreed to let one member call for a vote on the speaker’s ejection, as the original demand of the holdouts. He also committed to adding more Freedom Caucus members into the Rules Committee. He also promised to vote on bills relating to term limits and border security.

This news comes just days after the Congressional Leadership Fund (a super PAC that aligned itself with McCarthy) agreed not to interfere open GOP primaries. McCarthy was supported by the Club for Growth, a conservative group that opposed his candidacy.

McCarthy referred to the support as significant progress. “You see what I saw today on TV? He said to reporters Wednesday, “Oh, this must be a day when Kevin gets movement.” “You have the Club for Growth. That’s right. Do you see that?

As McCarthy supporters get tired, the House will resume the speakership elections on Thursday at noon. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R.I.N.) expressed dissatisfaction with the dialogue between the sides Wednesday, withdrawing her support of McCarthy and voting “present” on the fifth and sixth ballots.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R.TX) stated that he will continue to vote for McCarthy “for now”, but tweeted Wednesday morning that it was important to know “who the 19 Republicans support at the end”