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Gamble is actually a rare impermanence in american history. and entire century has passed since the last time an election for speaker went past the first ballot. mccarthys bid was only the 15th time, i have 118 congress in american history, the multiple ballots have been needed. there were only four other instances in american history when the speakership vote went on longer than it did this past week, and all four up and in the 1800s. that was narrow and political parties were influx, factors w...

118th congress. >> one wonders how long he will swing around now that the vote is done, mccarthy has the votes, hes good to go on that front. whats entering is that george santos, one of the reasons he even ended up in congress, he played the base like a fiddle to some extent. take a listen to what he said back in 2021 about being at the january 6th rally. >> something i mention often, i was at the ellipse on january 6th. that was the most amazing crowd. >> it was. >> and the president was at hi...

How it affects the nation. not just our border. were doing our best, like i said, if it wasnt for governor abbott sticking up and providing the resources and funding and personnel to help had secure the border, just think about how much worse our nation would be right now at this point. i mean, its already bad with fencedfentanyl but think about . will: we really appreciate you. theres the hand a shake pete told me to give you. i know thats from you guys in new york as well. emily: absolutely. a...

Celebrate last years bipartisan infrastructure. lot more than one billion dollars in funding from that bill will go to words repairs to repair the great spence bridge. biden stood alongside senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, creating a stark split screen between what was happening there and the chaos back in washington. and the bridge serves as a symbol of what can happen to republicans and democrats put aside their differences to work together for the good of the american people. i know th...

Refused and left the house and traumatized by this. going to betty ford, first celebrities to talk about substance abuse, very powerful. these things make her relevant. mike: great to see you in person. thanks for coming in. great read, thank you so much. thats all for this hour of fox news live, fox news sunday with shannon bream is up next. im mike emanuel, big week ahead in washington. we have the 118th congress getting started now that we have a speaker and a leadership team we will have all...

The senate its the right thing to do, this is going to be -- the 118th could be a very fruitful congress. >> back to the votes, finally, do you think enough holdouts could be persuaded to vote present? we know thats part of the mccarthy team strategy, thereby lower the number of votes needed to win. >> yeah, i wouldnt want to disclose kind of the up to the minute movement of members because i dont want to blow the whole gosh darn thing up. ive been involved in a number of negotiations over the l...

Asked and secured a major concession, when that allows a single house member to call for a motion to vacate the speaker of the house. so, if one member does not like what kevin mccarthy is doing, what he ordered for lunch, they can call for a vote to oust him, just sort of -- wow. all of this has been just part of what has been publicly reported. but the negotiations continue, which is confusing, because, at this point, no one is exactly sure what is left for kevin mccarthy to give. joining us n...

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With a one or two vote margin. nancy pelosi didnt bring bills to the floor unless she had a scroti. now here you have to vote for a speaker so this was not a question about whether or not kevin mccarthy wanted to go tonight or whenever, this vote was probably going to happen at some point because you have to keep voting until you get a speaker. nancy pelosi always knew whether you like her politics or not exactly how many votes she had and she rarely, if ever, lost. but this is kind of the calli...

Member came up behind him and nuzzled him and tried to hold him back so he wouldnt speak anymore. it spoke to the moment how tense things were and how it looked like it was all falling apart for kevin mccarthy. but almost as quickly as it fell apart things came together. were told leadership was informed it was a yes. and there was another moment of chaos where they switched their votes and they were deciding to do another speaker vote. and then what ended up happening is every single one of tho...