Posted on 01/05/2023 6:00:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The House of Representatives has adjourned for the evening after California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to win the speaker's gavel for the 11th time.
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 eleventh vote saw him secure 200 votes, while Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., secured 212. Former President Donald Trump received one vote, while Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern took 7. Twelve Republicans voted for another candidate.
Reports have begun to circulate that the holdout Republicans have been asked to review a prospective deal that is now "in writing," with Republican South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman confirming it.
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.
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The press tried to make this exact same claim last night, which turned out to be complete garbage today.
I just flipped over to CNN for a second and they had two reporters saying that they were being told by McCarthy supporters he was going to have to bow out tomorrow. Yes, CNN, I know, but it's as credible as anything else right now.
F that POS, if the slime bag is making a deal, it would be with 18 democrats to vote for him, in return for committee positions etc. You can bet he is negotiating with dems too.
Drain the swamp.
What am I going to get out of this alleged “deal”?
McCarthy is a Democrat...
I hope the cnn report is true.
I’ve watched the voting since it began on Tues. I can’t take that smug jerks face anymore.
I pray for The Gang Of 20 to stand firm.
NO TO MCCARTHY!
Higher taxes. More ruination of the Republic. More Spanish speaking neighbors. More homeless tent cities everywhere. More Wokeism everywhere you look in every institution. More “White men are evil and must be destroyed.”
You hit the nail on the head. I think Kev would be just fine with sharing the speakership with Son of Obama.
Its been only three days since the new congessional session opened. We have had shutdowns last longer than that. I think piglosi was celebrating her big gavel longer than that too.
I just hope the republicrats don't screw around and we procedurally get stuck with jeffries or something worse..
It is slipping out of the 20 that they have been in negations have been ongoing since august. That negations only have been real since the last week of Dec.
The Swamp wins with either one the BS continues.
At the latest, deals should have been made after the third vote. McCarthy has proven that he is a complete loser.
“You can bet he is negotiating with dems too.”
Which tells everyone exactly what he thinks of America.
Yesterday someone posted that Maxine is lobbying black GOPs to vote for KM. He’s one of them.
Lawdy. Sean Vanity is insufferable.
Saw some people interviewed on local Bakersfield TV tonight
1 lady said she always voted for him.
2 men said they didn’t trust him to do what he says.
Do we really want a speaker who had to be forced to make common sense concessions?
What is important is his previous demonstrated performance and philosophy.
Not promises he makes under duress to get what he wants.
Any concessions he makes are only as good as his word and what is that worth?
The best outcome for the nation is to elect a speaker who has already demonstrated he is a solid conservatives
“Free Beer Tomorrow”
No “ranked” choice?
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