Posted on 01/05/2023 4:11:56 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy lost the tenth round of voting for House speaker on Thursday.
The speaker election started Tuesday but McCarthy has fallen short of reaching the simple majority threshold needed to win in the 222-212 GOP-led House.
The tenth vote saw McCarthy secure 200 votes, while Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., secured 212. Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds received 13, and Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern took 7. Hern backed McCarthy.
The California Republican has already broken a 100-year record, as Frederick H. Gillett secured the post in the ninth round of voting in 1923.
McCarthy received 200 votes in the ninth round, with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., securing 212 and Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds receiving 17. Three of McCarthy's GOP detractors backed Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern, who voted for McCarthy. McCarthy received one fewer vote because Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck didn't cast a vote. In an interview on Thursday, Buck described U.S. House speaker as the "worst job in the world."
In the seventh and eighth round, McCarthy received 201 votes.
McCarthy's leadership team has been negotiating since Wednesday with the conservatives who oppose the California Republican in hopes of reaching an agreement. McCarthy had put several concessions on the table prior to the 7th round but it hasn't been enough to put him over the top.
Just the News has learned that members of the House Freedom Caucus are meeting with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer to reach a deal that will secure enough votes for McCarthy. Despite this, some conservatives have put themselves in the "Never Kevin" camp.
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If Kevin from Heaven eventually wins he will emasculate the Conservatives. Stay strong, Rebels!
I just read he lost round 11. Was this internet BS or truth?
10 times? Time for Kevin to give it up!
This is a time when leadership counts. Let’s see where Trump falls out.
Interesting history:
In total there have been 14 instances of the House requiring multiple ballots to elect a speaker going as far back as the third Congress in 1793, according to the House of Representatives website.
Congress last failed to select a speaker at the first time of asking in 1923, when nine rounds were eventually needed to elect Frederick H Gillett of Massachusetts.
In 1855, it took the House a record 133 rounds of voting to elect a speaker.
From The Indpendent.
What happens if Republicans fail to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker? Here’s what the constitution says.
Story by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar •
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Couldnt happen to a nicer Unipartier.
I bet he misses sleeping with Renee Elmers.
5 more rounds and this light weight is out on a TKO
I found only he’d hired the Maricopa ballot counters...
I missed the 9th humiliation. 😂
It’s true. On front page at foxnews.com.
RE: I just read he lost round 11. Was this internet BS or truth?
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Story I saw said “on track to lose 11th round.”
Believe such stories.
If you see one like the following, then do not believe it:
GOP unifies, rallies around popular new Speaker. Starts investigations of Hunter and Joe Biden. Will audit FBI for abuses. American public demands freedom of speech and freedom of religion to be enforced.
Those are dreams.
With Kevin anything is possible.
Thanks for this, E. Pluribus, it’s gettin’ to be fun!
Like the bar drunk asking every female in the bar to go home with him, and even after ten (10) rejections the dimwit doesn’t have a clue...
If the rebels really wanted to get McCarthy to bow out, they'd let him know that if they don't get the concessions they are looking for, their next votes are for Elmers.
Yup- he’s now 0-11
GOP leader Kevin McCarthy loses 11th House speaker vote as allies scramble for a deal
Maybe our price is TOO HIGH?
After all, we’re demanding that he support the people who actually vote him, and the other Republicans, into office.
Why is Trump backing this loser?
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