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To: Dr. Franklin

Rep. Gaetz of FL votes for Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House.

McCarthy appears to lack the votes again for Speaker.


193 posted on 01/06/2023 11:23:15 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin
McCarthy appears to lack the votes again for Speaker.

Not necessarily.

If there are 3 missing votes, then the bar is 216 votes to win. With Republicans having 224 seats, McCarthy can lose 6 votes and still win.

At this point he has 1 vote to give.

-PJ

206 posted on 01/06/2023 11:37:15 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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