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118 congress picks jeffries a speaker, just a month after they elected hakeem jeffries to lead their caucus. the last time a democratic leader when the support of every single member of the caucus was in 2007, when nancy pelosi became the first woman speaker of the house. and today, the entire caucus coalesced behind its first black leader, earning him more votes than kevin mccarthy, the man for whom becoming this next speaker is still very much a long shot. but jeffries is the one who, so far, ...

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Is this just not another terrible example of how public trust in our government we will further erode? >> yeah. and then the santos -- but then the whole day was in terms of -- its the first time in 100 years that this has happened. we dont have a speaker. people have not been sworn in. the 118th congress hasnt happened yet. but for kevin mccarthy, all santos is is a yes vote. the only role any person has to play right now, in the congress for kevin mccarthy is, are you a yes vote or a no vote, ...

>> cardenas. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> that is how it went on the house floor. 212 votes for hakeem jeffries to become the next speaker of the house. every single democrat in the 118th congress picked jeffries as speaker. just a month after they elected jeffries to lead their caucus. the last time a democratic won the support of every single member of the caucus was in 2007 when nancy pelosi became the first woman speaker of the house. and today the entire caucus coalesced behind its f...

When you add comcast business mobile. or, ask how to get up to a $750 prepaid card. complete connectivity. one solution, for wherever business takes you. comcast business. powering possibilities. just hours from now here on capitol hill another historic second day of voting is set to get under way to determine who is going to hold the speakers gavel in the 118th congress, a major question nobody knows the answer to after kevin mccarthy failed three times to secure the votes yesterday amid a re...

Analyst. >> all right. house of representatives is at a standtill this morning after republicans failed to coalesce around a single nominee for speaker during the first day of the 118th congress. >> yeah. house republicans kicked off their new position in the majority plunging the lower chamber into a level of disarray it hasnt seen in a century. for the first time since 1923 a vote on the next speaker wasnt decided on the first ballot. it wasnt on the second or the third either. needing 218 vot...

At the start of the new congress, with the republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. with a slim majority, the republicans have the votes chris to select the next speaker, but only if most of them agree. kevin mccarthy is the front runner. the republican leader enjoys wide support and has been campaigning for the role for months. and i think kevin mccarthy is the right gu...

We are at five votes. we will see where we go. now they are just done for the day. and again, we have not been here in, basically, anyones lifetime. we do not have a speaker. there are no house rules. the house is not even formally in session. the 118 congress does not exist yet. we are basically in uncharted territory here. there are 19 or now 20 no votes for mccarthy. we dont really know what all of them want, to be honest, or they even want anything other than chaos, to her the perceived esta...

Kelso trent members congress, who have no desire to govern, or see this nation govern at all. when you think about lawrence, because the thousands of people who showed up at the capitol today to see their members being sworn into congress and that didnt occur today. >> so now they will try, they will attempt again tomorrow, to have the 118th congress sworn in, just as a regular function of doing business of our government, which was exemplified whats wrong with this party, and with their leaders...