just announced -
the total # ballots is 434
Jeffries 212
McCarthy 203
Biggs 10
Jordan 6
Banks 1
Zeldin 1
Donalds 1
a speaker has not been elected.
1923 precedent, clerk is prepared to call a roll anew.
Jim Jordan - “I rise to nominate Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House”
3 objectives in this congress
1. pass the bills that fix the problems
2. we can never let a bill like the 1.7T pass again.
3. do the oversight and investigations that need to be done. they need to be accountable.
Gaetz just nominated Jim Jordan