Party Line Split News Today

good evening from new york, im chris hayes, youre looking at a live image of the well of the house of representatives, the nations capital, where theyre set to reconvene out there about three and a half hours pm journey, when they do reconvene, theyll be setting about the business of electing a speaker of the house, for the 118th congress, something they have failed to do for the first time in 100 years. today, kevin mccarthy, the house leader of the republican party, long expected to ...

Controlled by one of the other, now its preserved by neither party, which means the house clark is presiding. she called a voice vote, what will often happen, is the parting control banging gavel it shot, if people dont like it they will request the yeas and nays, thats basically what happened here. tom coal from oklahoma, whose mccarthy, all i got up and requested to adjourn, the house clerk went to a voice, white that voice vote was not a consensus, you could see here the yeas and nays split a...

Evening he talked to the president and he talked to ivanka interrupt a couple times. he decided to stick to his deficit hawk credentials, and couldnt stomach the idea that this bill would add so much money to the deficit. hes likely to be the one republican no vote in whats otherwise going to be a straight party line split when they get around to actually votes on this bill sometime early this morning it looks like. >> what happens for the american people? >> the house and senate getting togethe...

Couldnt stomach the idea that it added so much to the deficit. he is likely the one republican no vote in whose otherwise a straight party line split when they get around to voting on this bill sometime early this morning it looks like. >> garrett, what happens? lets assume this goes through. they have the math. what happens for the americans who actually care whats turning out to be in this document. >> well we dont -- we wont know brian even after they pass it, the conference committee part of...

They could pass without his vote. but the republicans still wanted him. hes still a respected figure in the caucus and they hoped they could present a united front. corker himself said that he had talked to the president and that he talked to ivanka trump a couple of times trying to get him to come around on this bill but he decided to stick to his deficit-hawk credentials and couldnt stomach the idea that this bill would add so much money to the deficit. hes likely to be the one republican no v...