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As long as you keep four or five and vote by name. if they cut a deal where they vote present, if five or six vote present and have converts then kevin mccarthy can win. the question is do they finally agree to a concession like that or do they just determine even if their numbers shrink they want to humiliate him and deny him the speakership and will not blink. >> the other potential scenario, if they cant convince whatever were going to see at the end of this, the five, six, seven, who are sti...

Conference holding the rest of you hostage? weve heard members of congress talking about how theyre afraid that having some of these, whatever you want to call them, former mccarthy opponents, on the rules committee, et cetera, might just get in the way of governance so that youll have to -- when it comes to must-pass legislation, that means appropriations bills, spending bills, raising the debt ceiling, things that need to pass in order for government to function, but might not be fun votes to ...

[gavel bangs] >> is reminded to direct his remarks to the chair. >> well, it is a pleasure to see 212 of you here today. it is also a pleasure to see the end of the proxy voting. let me end with this. let me end with this. i am extremely proud of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, the last four days they have not been ideal, they have been difficult. but i do see fighters. i see patriots who love this country and want to make things better. i see folks who are willing to do whatever is nec...

0 good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. its january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and ta...

Vote count, and the whip count in the anti kevin mccarthy caucus, whos my good friend and colleague, national correspondent steve kornacki. steve, were looking at the names on the procedural vote, we dont have a roll call here, but thats what our eyes are on for this procedural vote, to see if those people, we dont know their, names are gonna basically vote with democrats to not adjourn. >> its significant, so, far because i think you can treat this a little bit as an autopsy for what weve been ...

Put this in the republicans hands, and make this the republicans problem. so of all 212 democrats do indeed vote against adjourning right now, it means that republicans can afford no more than five defections. the sixth republican defection will be 218, that the majority, and a majority against adjournment, and mccarthy would be back facing another, vote and presumably another loss. so, again weve been tracking, there are 20 republicans all day who voted against mccarthy, voting for another cand...

Each side trying to wear the other down. wear the other down in this battle of endurance. bbc news, bakhmut. to other stories now and in the next hour the us house of representatives will reconvene to try and elect a speaker — one of the most important elected officials in the us government. republican kevin mccarthy earlier lost a sixth consecutive vote as a small group of far right republicans rebelled — and voted for somone else. the total number of votes cast is 433, of which the honoura...

Floor. democrats are the minority party in the house, theyre also the only party that seems ready to govern. this makes republicans inability to pick a speaker particularly calling. again today, the 118 congress voted multiple times to elect the speaker of the house. again, today, they failed. the republican house majority couldnt get kevin mccarthy 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker. with only 201 members of his conference casting votes for him. one member voted president, and to end...

Before. so i think we see him really wanting to continue and complete that process as much as he can. and, you know, ithink that process as much as he can. and, you know, i think he kind of enjoys being pope in a way that perhaps benedict didnt so much. so although it does open the door to resigning, he has indicated that should his health demanded, he will resign. i think its not necessarily going to happen, certainly in the immediate future. . ,, , ., happen, certainly in the immediate future....

Might hurt them politically back home. there are 222 house republicans. thats a net gain of ten from the election that was just shy of 60 days ago. democrats 213 here, and the number is 212 because one passed away after the election. democrats are down to 212. you mentioned twho are these holdouts? if you count spartz of indiana, she has voted present. these others have voted for other candidates, and as you can see geographically, its a diverse mix. theyre republicans from all across the countr...