house republicans as was the indication 100 years ago are denying the man who thought he would be speaker in this case, kevin mccarthy, the necessary votes to win the speakers gavel. meaning that, right now, the house is completely paralyzed. we do not have a speaker, official members of congress or rules. and the math is frankly, only getting worse for kevin mccarthy. as the process drags out, the total number of republicans not voting for him is going up. the total number of republicans voting for him is going down. let s go straight to cnn s congressional correspondent manu raju. we re hearing that each side of this republican against republican standoff might appoint four members to negotiate some way forward? that s what sources tell us. that s what s under discussion right now. to come up with some sort of group, a negotiating grope to break the standoff paralyzing the house and preventing the congress from moving forward. four people close to kevin mccarthy. and othe
if you want any of this to become legislation, it needs to be palletable to democrats as well. i hear you loud and clear, i m the chairman of the main stream caucus, 70-80 pragmatic conservatives who want to get things done. we re acutely aware of what you re saying, jake. there are areas of common ground, i don t know how anybody in the senate or the house can look at 200 folks crossing the border a year, and say that s fine, we don t need to do anything. . increasingly, democrats are coming to me and saying, we have to do something about the border, inflation, crime and drugs in our cities. there are things to get done. but, to get anything done, republicans, we ve got to get our act together because committees can t form and legislation can t move forward without a speaker of the house. will this end with a speaker mccarthy or might it end with a speaker scalise? still, far and away, the