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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...

Near the number that they need. if they lose the vote by five or ten, it doesnt matter. they lose in either case. it sounds like they are making progress. it sounds like chip roy and maybe a few others are coming mccarthys way. we will see. we dont know. i dont know if theres any agreement. they havent announced it publically. they are negotiating. we will see how far they get between now and noon tomorrow. >> i want to go to manu. >> we get the name of the four republicans voting against, who d...

Congressman-elect, a new one. the members who are voting with democrats to keep the house in session to vote against adjourning, and going home, and coming back tomorrow at noon. so now the question on everyones mind is the standoff in the house gop, it will drag now into a third day. who will blink first? back with me, david irving, -- adi cornish and margaret talib. on that point, the idea of not adjourning tonight for these four members in particular, you see some of them, you have big, big,s...

They wanted to keep the negotiations going through the night. andy biggs voted against that. biobert was against adjourning last night, crane was against adjourning. they voted against adjourning at all. i think names youre looking for here as this vote -- this seventh vote comes a little more than an hour from now, bishop from north carolina, donalds, what are they doing? are you seeing any movement further down the list toward kevin mccarthy. they would say, hey, its not 20 holdouts anymore, w...

>> madam clerk, i rise to nominate hakeem jeffries of new york for speaker of this house. [ applause ] >> the gentleman is recognized. >> madam clerk, i speak on behalf of the democratic caucus when i say that there is no victory in adjourning without doing the business of the people. [ cheers and applause ]

Frustration, i think they want to get them in a room, see if they can get a sense of what the temperature is, and you know, if theres not agreement, they wont be able to adjourn because the democrats wont allow them to adjourn, and the republicans could adjourn if all 218 of them agree to do so. >> that is still an if. we got to get those, it is just five more republicans, or five republicans, that can stop them from adjourning, and then drag that this out. >> exactly. >> okay. we are continuing...

Victory in adjourning without doing the business of the people. [ applause ] madam clerk, house democrats are united. behind a champion of expanding and protecting the right to vote, since the beginning of 2021, 21 state legislatures have passed 42 retrickive voting laws. hakeem has stood up against voter suppression and the new jim crow era every step of the way. [ applause ] >> as we begin a new congress we

Of dangerous expulsions. >> president biden blamed republicans for the crisis at the border getting worse under his administration. saying he his still pending request for $3.5 billion for dhs funding have kept necessary resources away from border officials. republicans have been hesitant to throw money at the situation without ramping up enforcement saying it wouldnt help the problem. as part of bidens visit to el paso on sunday, he will pressure the g.o.p. once again. bret? >> bret: jacqui hei...

0 >> i dont think voting tonight is productive. let people work more. >> reporter: in a positive sign from mccarthy, some of the opponents came out sounding positive, including scott perry of pennsylvania sounded that -- he said talks had been productive as well as congressman chip roy. they had been asking for more sway over the speakership. some of them had asking to encourage mccarthys super pac to stay out of certain primaries. they did agree to do that. that may have won some. his path, ver...

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