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- McCarthy, House Freedom Caucus negotiations in a 'good spot,' but 'no deal' yet, sources say
- McCarthy makes no progress in second round of voting, third vote required
- House calls it quits for the day after three failed votes for House speaker
- Trump breaks silence on McCarthy and House speaker drama
- Democrats were told not to leave Washington, according to a House staffer
- As McCarthy grasps for the speakership, ‘pork’ has become a focal point.
While McDaniel has sought to claim success in broadening the party’s appeal to minority voters, Dhillon says the RNC chairwoman must bare responsibility for Republicans’ failure to win the Senate and have an even larger House Majority. "We don't have the White House now, we don't have the presidency. So, you know, we are effectively the leaders of the party," said Dhillon. "If we're not clearly articulating what our message is, why voters should vote for us, then we are losing. And in fact, we are always playing catch up with the Democrats." McDaniel would become the one of the longest serving RNC chairs in over 100 years if she were elected to a fourth term. Journalists in the nation’s capital had the pleasure of covering a circus of events.
McCarthy, House Freedom Caucus negotiations in a 'good spot,' but 'no deal' yet, sources say
The Senate would have to pass it again, due to some differences with the version that passed the upper chamber in February. Multiple members said they opposed the idea of giving McHenry more power as the speaker drama plays out, with several telling CBS News that the proposal "is dead" and "will not come to the floor." Gaetz said he expressed that having a "speaker-lite" is a bad idea, referring to McHenry, and he's still supporting Jordan.
McCarthy makes no progress in second round of voting, third vote required
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Republicans gave Rep. Steve Scalise a standing ovation after he cast his vote for Jordan for speaker. Twenty Republicans have voted against Jordan, an outcome way worse than his allies were hoping for. McCarthy said the Republican conference would regroup and talk to the members who have “differences of opinion” on who the next House speaker should be. McCarthy has said he made another big concession, again lowering the threshold to allow just one member to call for a vote to oust him if he does become speaker.
House calls it quits for the day after three failed votes for House speaker
Republicans have 222 lawmakers in their slim majority, so McCarthy, R-Calif., can leave only four GOP minds unchanged."Right now the House is having a family fight. House Democrats said Wednesday that Republicans need to quickly find a speaker so the House can begin its work. If McCarthy allies are trying to adjourn, that means they didn’t make enough progress to wrangle the votes or improve McCarthy’s status. It also means that the endorsement by former President Trump didn’t move the meter.
After McCarthy loses Round 13, House begins to vote to adjourn until tonight
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) was the third Republican selected as the GOP’s speaker-designate after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) bowed out in previous weeks. Rep. French Hill (R-AK), the only other Republican to vote present, has not made his stance on Johnson known. The Louisiana Republican can only lose four Republicans in the full House vote to be elected speaker.
Trump breaks silence on McCarthy and House speaker drama
However, some Republicans have insisted they will never give McCarthy their support. On the specifics of the deal, Fitzpatrick said, "It's with the rules package... it's the guardrails around the budget process, and then making sure that committee assignments are distributed throughout... the conference." Rep.-elect Michael McCaul of Texas said Thursday he thinks about half of the 20 Republicans will be swayed by the deal, which means McCarthy might still have to chip away at the remaining opposition. Because some Republican members are expected to be absent on Friday, the deal may not be able to be finalized until early next week.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy won a standing ovation from most Republicans on the House floor Tuesday as he was introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who nominated him to be the next House speaker. By the end of the vote, 19 Republicans voted for someone other than McCarthy, enough to prevent him from hitting the 218 threshold. Kevin McCarthy did not secure the 218 votes needed in the first round of voting. Dozens of Republicans indicated in a meeting Tuesday morning that the majority of their party prefers McCarthy and would reject all other alternatives. President Biden "certainly will not insert himself" in the House speaker vote process, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday.
Democrats were told not to leave Washington, according to a House staffer
GOP members will be meeting throughout Thursday morning, and the seventh vote won't be made until noon ET. A group of Republican military veterans urged their colleagues to end the stalemate in the House and elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaker Wednesday evening. As someone who is "older than the average bear" and "not going to stay up here for decades," Bishop told Roll Call he has no qualms about adopting a "never Kevin" position in the ongoing leadership fight. "Life is unfair in many ways. However, when you have successive losses, be it and a sports team or being in a corporation or being as a leader of the party too, people typically move on."
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As McCarthy grasps for the speakership, ‘pork’ has become a focal point.
If all McCarthy supporters vote for the motion, they would need at least some help from Democrats or some of the anti-McCarthy forces to pass the motion. The House is expected to convene at noon ET to vote again on the speaker of the House. Incoming House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was nominated by the Democrats to the speaker position.
The House is staring down a deadline of Nov. 17, when current government funding expires. In his blueprint for the next few months, Johnson said a stopgap measure extending funding until January or April may be needed to approve more spending and avoid a shutdown. "The people's House is back in business," Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is a four-term congressman and has represented Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District since 2017.
He has served as the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference since 2021 after serving as the head of the Republicans Study Committee from 2019 to 2021. Speaker-designate Mike Johnson (R-LA) shared his plans to avert a government shutdown as the 45-day stopgap passed last month comes closer to expiring. “I do, I do, on the first vote,” Johnson replied when I asked if he believes he’ll get 217.
Yet Mr. McCarthy, who was willing to endure vote after humiliating vote and give in to an escalating list of demands from his opponents to secure the post, denied that the process foretold any dysfunction. Johnson won 128 votes, and Donalds received 29 votes, and there was a vote of "present." McCarthy, who was not a nominee, received 43 votes. Trump seemed to acknowledge his role in killing Emmer's quest for the gavel, as he shared on his social media platform an article from Politico about how the former president "torpedoed" the bid.
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