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- h vote: 2:40 p.m. Wednesday
- AOC floats 'coalition government' after McCarthy fails to win House speaker vote
- House reconvenes for 12th speaker vote as McCarthy deal still out of reach
- Rep. Scott Perry: Speaker vote "could go into the weekend. We hope it doesn't."
- GOP holdout Dan Bishop says he will resign if bid to stop McCarthy fails

She has drawn praise from both sides of the aisle this week for making sure the voting process remains respectful and orderly — despite the fact that the House hasn't even been able to pass rules for its newest session. Six officers were honored in the ceremony.Officer Brian Sicknick of the Capitol Police was attacked by the mob and died Jan. 7. Capitol Police OfficerHoward Charles Lebingood andMetropolitan police officers Gunther Hashida, Kyle DeFreytag and Jeffrey Smith died by suicide in the days and months after the attack. Capitol Police OfficerWilliam "Billy" Evans was killed in the line of duty in April 2021 when a driver rammed his vehicle into the Capitol complex. At least one Capitol Hill institution has a new speaker already — in fact, it's chosen several in half the time the House has taken to pick its leader. "That's really off the table," Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a McCarthy supporter, told NBC.

h vote: 2:40 p.m. Wednesday
In 1997, several Republican congressional leaders tried to force Speaker Newt Gingrich to resign. However, Gingrich refused since that would have required a new election for speaker, which could have led to Democrats along with dissenting Republicans voting for Democrat Dick Gephardt (then minority leader) as speaker. After the 1998 midterm elections where the Republicans lost seats, Gingrich did not stand for re-election. The next two figures in the House Republican leadership hierarchy, Majority Leader Richard Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay chose not to run for the office. The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Bob Livingston, declared his bid for the speakership, which was unopposed, making him speaker-designate.

AOC floats 'coalition government' after McCarthy fails to win House speaker vote
Rep.-elect Kat Cammack, R-Fla., nominated House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. She was booed by Democrats during her speech after she made a comment about Democrats drinking alcohol and eating popcorn during the speaker votes. McCarthy was on track to once again to fall short of the 218 votes he needs to become the next House speaker. He can only lose four GOP votes, and as the sixth round of voting continued, he had already lost five votes.
House reconvenes for 12th speaker vote as McCarthy deal still out of reach
Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida introduced the motion to remove Mr. McCarthy, and along with seven other far-right Republicans and all the House Democrats, he succeeded. Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected House speaker after a single ballot on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Johnson’s victory ended a three-week vacancy of the speakership, during which the House was unable to take up new legislation. Minutes before the vote on assistance for Kyiv, Democrats began to wave small Ukrainian flags on the House floor, as hard-right Republicans jeered. The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.
House to take up resolution declaring support for Israel
House takes key step forward on foreign aid bills with Democratic support, setting up final vote Saturday - CNN
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In the face of GOP division, Democrats have stayed remarkably unified, consistently voting in line for their nominee, Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Yesterday, Jeffries, along with Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar released a statement saying that Democrats will continue to leave the Republicans to elect their own leader. Farther along in alphabetical order, several more lawmakers switched their votes for McCarthy, even after he appeared to fall short of the threshold needed. Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana also voted for McCarthy for the first time today. It's the first time McCarthy has earned more votes than the Democratic nominee, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. But McCarthy appears still shy of two votes, earning 213 of the 431 votes cast today.
Rep. Scott Perry: Speaker vote "could go into the weekend. We hope it doesn't."
That left him in need of repairing his relationship with Trump – now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee – after aiming attacks at him for months. Dozens of Texas state troopers in riot gear arrived at the campus on Monday afternoon and were seen forming a circle around the encampment, along with university police officers and Austin police officers, the Austin American-Statesman reported. This post has been corrected to note that Paul Gosar is also supporting the motion to remove Mike Johnson as speaker.
Republican joins opposition to McCarthy in third failed House speaker vote
House approves $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan - ABC News
House approves $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Posted: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT [source]
He flipped his vote to oppose McCarthy in the third failed attempt Tuesday, drawing wide attention. The congressman then went on Fox News and CNN Wednesday morning to describe his logic. McCarthy has failed to gain the votes needed to be elected speaker over the past two and a half days and is on track to lose the seventh vote as well.
GOP schedules a conference call during a key negotiation period
The House GOP caucus is scheduled to meet Wednesday morning to strategize as McCarthy continues to push forward for now. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., flipped his vote away from McCarthy on the third vote after concluding that there was not path forward for McCarthy to become speaker. Former President Donald Trump urged Republicans to end the stalemate and vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to become Speaker on Wednesday. Biden made the comments while speaking to reporters outside the White House before boarding Marine One. Support for McCarthy is uncertain as some factions of the Republican Party continue to oppose his nomination. His most vocal opponents on Wednesday morning gave no indication they were any closer to accepting him as 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. Through six votes in two days, GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy has not been able to get a majority of votes needed to win the speakership. On the 15th ballot, a total not reached since before the Civil War, McCarthy finally got the absolute majority of votes necessary to be elected speaker of the House.
Albert's successor, Democrat Tip O'Neill, was a prominent speaker because of his public opposition to the policies of President Ronald Reagan. O'Neill is the longest continuously serving speaker, from 1977 through 1987. Republicans made O'Neill the target of their election campaigns in 1980 and 1982 but Democrats managed to retain their majorities in both years. The speakership reached its apogee during the term of Republican Joseph Gurney Cannon (1903–1911). He determined the agenda of the House, appointed the members of all committees, chose committee chairmen, headed the Rules Committee, and determined which committee heard each bill. He vigorously used his powers to ensure that Republican proposals were passed by the House.
"Some really good conversations took place last night, and it’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN," Trump posted on Truth Social. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., rebuked former President Donald Trump's call for Republicans to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become speaker of the House on Wednesday. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on his podcast "Verdict with Ted Cruz" Wednesday that the speaker fight is happening because GOP failed in midterms, and because Democrats "follow orders." Rep-Elect Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., the House Democrats' conference chair, did not say whether Democrats would oppose the motion when asked at a press conference this morning. And a spokesman for House Freedom Caucus Chair Rep-Elect Scott Perry, R-Pa., told Fox News, "we won't back down."
Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House who visited the Columbia University campus last week, reiterated his threat to revoke visas from foreign students involved in protests, and cut funding to universities that do not protect Jewish students. Greene had vowed to press her challenge after Johnson announced a strategy to pass $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan earlier this month. About two-thirds of that money was for Ukraine, an issue Greene had called her "red line" for moving against the speaker.