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Speaker. the names of job kline from minute, hall rogers from kentucky who are nose houstonhold names but are veteran lawmakers, widely respected in the republican conference. some push back saying a caretaker speaker will do the save thing but bottom line, there are hard and fest -- fast deadlines ahead on the debt ceiling and government funding. >> between now and then? unless theres compromise, nothing will happen. mike emanuel, thank you. lets get right to the hill. robertpy pillinger said...

Get for sure the -- well, who has the 218 votes to win? to mike emanuel on capitol hill. >> it was a stunning turn of events after kevin mccarthy expressed confidence about his chances in the vote among the house republican conference, and then by mid-day, told members he was not their guy. mccarthy was widely believed to have the support of 200 house republicans, but needed 218 to win the election as speaker, and it was not clear that he could ever get there. he was also in a tricky spot, recog...