House speaker vote live updates: Jim Jordan loses first round

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• h vote on pace for another non-decision as negotiators get closer on speaker deal
• House Speaker race: Byron Donalds responds after Cori Bush says his 'being Black' makes him 'a prop'
• Democrat Mary Peltola doubts results of GOP House speaker battle: 'I’m never getting sworn in am I'
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Two of them voted for Rep.-elect Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, while another, Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz of Florida, voted for former President Donald Trump. Hern has previously stated he backs House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker. He received two votes in the eighth round despite not being officially nominated. "The colleagues that I brought with me to offer those 218 votes on the first ballot aren't there anymore. It is not happening. And as it's been said, we need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life after Kevin McCarthy looks like," she said on the floor.

h vote on pace for another non-decision as negotiators get closer on speaker deal

The House’s failure to elect a speaker on the first three ballots throws into chaos the beginning of a divided government in Washington, delaying the swearing-in of members of the House, GOP committee assignments and votes on the rules that will govern the new Congress. Republicans appeared to take Donalds’ advice, as the chamber moved to adjourn until Wednesday at noon. McCarthy, however, huddled in the speaker’s office, where reporters spotted pizzas being delivered, signaling that it would be a long night for the GOP leader.

House Speaker race: Byron Donalds responds after Cori Bush says his 'being Black' makes him 'a prop'

"I’m absolutely a no. You don’t ever have to ask me again if I’m a no," Good told reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday. "Never have to ask me again if I’m a 'no' on Kevin McCarthy. I will never vote for Kevin McCarthy." When asked if McCarthy would be able to convince two GOP holdouts, Reps.-elect Eli Crane, R-Ariz., and Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., the California Republican replied, "I'll have the votes."

Democrat Mary Peltola doubts results of GOP House speaker battle: 'I’m never getting sworn in am I'

At noon, when the 118th Congress formally convened, officials were seen removing the metal detectors that Pelosi (D-San Francisco) had installed outside the floor in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. But by the time the House adjourned after 5 p.m., the chamber still lacked new leadership. Rebellious Republicans who had voted for alternatives in the first round of balloting voted in unison the second time around for Jordan, who also picked up Donalds’ support in the third round. It’s not clear, however, that McCarthy can come back from three failed roll call votes. Shortly after Jordan nominated McCarthy, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), sitting just steps away from McCarthy, rose to nominate Jordan instead. A small number of right-flank Republicans had for weeks vowed to oppose McCarthy on the floor when the new Congress convened, even as he continued to negotiate with members and make concessions on rule changes.

After several minutes, it was announced that all 434 members were present -- normally there are 435, but Rep. Donald McEachin, D-Va., died shortly after the midterm election. “Under Kevin McCarthy’s leadership, House Republicans crafted a bold vision to put America back on track,” she said. Kevin McCarthy won a standing ovation on the House floor as he was nominated to be the next House speaker.

Exhausted from the feuding, which unleashed a barrage of recriminations and violent threats against lawmakers, both the right wing and mainstream Republicans finally united to elect Mr. Johnson, 51, in a 220-to-209 vote. House Republicans are exhausted by weeks of infighting over who will lead the conference and frustrated by the inability of the chamber to pass legislation, particularly in response to the Israel-Hamas war. Ciscomani was one of at least a dozen Republicans who had yet to throw their support behind Jordan. His lack of legislative experience has been a criticism that moderates and Democrats have deployed against him in recent days. But his office has pushed back, saying he has been instrumental in getting legislation through the committees he serves on without putting his name on it. While Jordan has made a reputation as a chaos agent in his time in Congress, the Ohio Republican, unlike previous speaker candidates, has no real legislative chops.

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But hours after those concessions were floated, at least five hardline GOP lawmakers indicated it still wasn’t enough, and made it clear they would continue to oppose him. The House convenes at noon Thursday, and while a new vote may show McCarthy has made some progress with the 20 GOP holdouts, he can only afford to lose four votes. Rep.-elect Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., an ally to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, said Thursday it would be unproductive to conduct a vote for speaker again without more progress on negotiations.

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Buck has voted for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in eight of the 11 votes so far, missing votes 9-11. But it is unlikely that McCarthy or anyone else will win on the twelfth ballot today. The House Freedom Caucus is continuing to negotiate with McCarthy, but as of Friday morning there has not been a final deal struck.

He agreed to allow a single member to call for a vote of no confidence in the speaker, and he agreed to give the House Freedom Caucus three seats on the House Rules Committee, a key panel that shapes legislation before it receives a vote on the floor. Washington — After a stunning turn of events Friday night that forced a 15th ballot in the race for House speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader, finally secured enough votes shortly after midnight to become speaker of the House. GOP lawmakers are expected to rally their votes behind Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to be the next speaker despite reluctance from some who are wary of his hardline approach. Conservatives have been mounting an intense pressure campaign to persuade the final holdouts to support him.

The members who ousted McCarthy also told reporters that they have no regrets now about ousting McCarthy. GOP Rep. Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma is considering a run for conference vice chair – the leadership role previously occupied by now-Speaker Mike Johnson, according to her spokesperson. By contrast, Biden, who won 51% of the vote last time, knows that Trump’s core vote is solid. Rather than try to chip away at Trump’s total, his goal has to be to get past him. His campaign’s best bet is to sufficiently hold Biden’s vote down in the key swing states to allow 46% or 47% to prevail.

The conference went through three rounds of voting Tuesday, but leader Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the 218 votes required, with his opponents throwing in ballots for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and others. Said he would support uniting behind a moderate candidate – or a ‘unity candidate’—to expedite the election process after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the House speaker spot in a fifth round of votes on Wednesday. House Republican leadership invited all elected members to join a conference call Friday morning to discuss the latest deal on the table aimed at delivering Kevin McCarthy the 218 votes he needs to become the next House speaker. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters Friday that he's confident he'll have the votes to get elected House speaker when the chamber reconvenes at 10 p.m. On Jan. 3, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the first candidate in the majority party to lose a bid for the House speakership in 100 years.

"We need to move swiftly to address our national security needs and to avoid a shutdown in 22 days. Even though we have real disagreements about important issues, there should be mutual effort to find common ground wherever we can," the president said. "This is a time for all of us to act responsibly, and to put the good of the American people and the everyday priorities of American families above any partisanship." Johnson was the party's fourth nominee for speaker in three weeks, having taken the place of Rep. Tom Emmer, whose candidacy lasted all of four hours on Tuesday. Two other previous candidates, Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, withdrew their names from consideration earlier in the process after failing to unite the party's various factions. The Senate and the White House are still controlled by Democrats and any spending bill passed will need Democratic support to become law and avert a shutdown. But what you hear from conservatives – at least in the minutes before and after Johnson won the speaker’s election – is they are willing to give some room for Johnson to maneuver in his new role.

Although Tuesday’s first-round outcome wasn’t a surprise, the fact that McCarthy and his allies were not only unable to move votes his way but also lost ground on a subsequent ballot was startling — and potentially fatal to his diminishing path to the speakership. Nineteen Republicans voted for candidates other than McCarthy on the first and second ballots. Twenty Republicans voted for Jordan on the third ballot, leaving McCarthy 16 short of the 218 votes needed to secure the post he has long sought.

The scuffle happened between Reps-elect Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., after the 14th House speaker vote failed. Talking with reporters, he gamely brushed off the notion that his historic and humiliating slog to election — the most protracted such contest since 1859 — foretold any troubles ahead for him in governing with an unruly and narrow majority. Such steps, however, would inevitably prolong the process of approving spending bills. When Representative Chip Roy of Texas, then a freshman and now one of Mr. McCarthy’s most vocal opponents, forced roll call votes on every amendment in spending bills in 2019, the process of approving them dragged on for two weeks. The House is back to the floor for its 14th vote for speaker, and the one that Representative Kevin McCarthy is saying will finally clinch the deal for him. With Republican lawmakers growing irritable after days of fruitless voting, a heated argument broke out between several of them.