Posted on 01/03/2023 11:50:57 AM PST by Red Badger
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has fallen short during the first ballot vote for speaker, forcing additional rounds of balloting until one candidate is able to secure a majority in the House of Representatives. No candidate running for speaker has lost a first-round vote in a century. At the end of the first ballot, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), leader of the Democratic caucus, received 212 votes, while McCarthy received 203.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) received 10, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) received six, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) received one, former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) received one, and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) received one.
Here are the Republican members of the House who did not support McCarthy’s bid for speaker of the House.
Biggs voted for himself
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) voted for Biggs
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) voted for Jordan
Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) voted for Banks
Rep. Mike Cloud (R-TX) voted for Jordan
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) voted for Biggs
Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) voted for Biggs
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) voted for Biggs
Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) voted for Biggs
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) voted for Biggs
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) voted for Zeldin
Rep.-elect Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) voted for Jordan
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) voted for Jordan
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) voted for Biggs
Rep. Brandon Ogles (R-TN) voted for Jordan
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) voted for Biggs
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) voted for Biggs
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) voted for Donalds
Rep.-elect Keith Self (R-TX) voted for Jordan
Ahead of the vote, McCarthy acknowledged the defectors and the possibility he could lose on the first ballot, saying the process will go on until he has enough support to win.
"If what's holding up today is simply about a few members who want something they haven't earned, we can't give in to that. We have to be strong," McCarthy said as he walked into the House chamber Tuesday afternoon.
Kevin McCarthy News Speaker Speaker of the House Washington D.C.
Of course he is.
The House will become a coalition like a Parliament...............
Our Founders would be proud of these people who favor principle over party.
“Only one choice with the Guts and Fortitude...
Marjorie Taylor Green (sic)”
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MTG has come out in support of McCarthy
If he gets a single Democrat vote during the vote count and I was a Congressman I would not cast a vote for him.
Republicans in chaos as Kevin McCarthy loses SECOND ballot for Speaker: GOP rebels refuse to back leader and throw their weight behind Jim Jordan with party in disarray on first day in the majority
Paul Ryan and Trump, two opposite sides of the Banana Republican party,endorsing McCarthy, wasn’t a slam dunk for 1st round of voting..
Maybe McCarthy is the most surprised at that.
Can’t ‘blame Trump’
:)
Oh. I bet some would like to give it a go,though..
I don’t think anyone in Congress is worried about losing yours, or anyone elses , vote at this point.
“And that’s why McCarthy should not be speaker.”
Napoléon Bonaparte said, “Gentlemen. If you’re going to take Vienna, take it.” If you start something, be prepared to finish it.
So...who do they want to have become speaker, and what is their path to get there?
In other news, the 19 ‘opposition’ members were seen standing by themselves praying, saying ‘thank you God that we are not like other Republicans’.
I hope they keep voting for speaker for the next two years.
Chip Roy explains some things, https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1610370937290952705
I nominate ted Nugent for speaker of the house
Well....There....You....Go
Second.
I think the Trump “endorsement” and comments were 4d chess, tackling-rules. Vast numbers of RINO class creeps did a double-take, NPR announcers passed gas, and real republican reps out there chuckled.
Hooefully checkbooks slammed closed as well. The ruling class doesn’t know what to do.
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