Hearing, you can watch it online at cspan. Org, as we take you live to the house gaveling back in. For what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise . Mr. Hill mr. Speaker, i do now move the house adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. With that, the house has gone out of session for the day. Back tomorrow at noon for potentially another speaker vote. Two votes have been held with jim jordan as the republican nominee. 20 dissenters in the first vote. 22 in the second vote. According to paul kaine of the washington post, jordan set a modern record, lowest vote tally for majoritys nominee to be speaker, just 199 republicans voted for him on the second ballot. No majority nominee has received less than 200 votes in a really long time. Mccarthys lowest tally was 200 a couple of times in january. So were looking for potentially a another speaker vote tomorrow. In the meantime, we want to hear your voices. 2027488921 for republicans. 027488920 for democrats. 202488922 for all 2027488922 for all others. We want to get your reaction to the election process when it comes to getting the speaker. 22 republicans voted against jim jordan or did not vote for jim jordan. Steve scalise got five of those votes. A couple of those votes, Vern Buchanan and john james voted for jim jordan the first time. Don bacon and ken buck, again consistent in votes not for jim jordan. After todays vote, chip roy, republican of texas, caught up with reporters on the capitol steps. Heres what he had to say about the process. Hes at 199, kevin was dunn to 200 at the low point of his voting in the 15 votes. Im sticking with jordan through the process. The number is not dramatically different. With the four lost, two gained, plus one who came back. Jordan said earlier he asked leadership to go ahead and put the resolution on the floor to keep mchenry in power because he wants to see where people are. What do you think mr. Roy i think what jim is doing is calling a bluff of people saying theyre going to deal with democrats. Good luck explaining that back home, that youre cutting a deal with the democrats. Never in the history of this institution, to the best of my knowledge, have we ever appointed a speaker pro tem with ethis full pows of the speakership without a duly elected speaker. We have not done that. To do that would be playing games with such an important position, third in line to the presidency. We should do our job and select a speaker. The constitution says that. So any move to do otherwise is contrary to the constitution and would do enormous damage to not just the Republican Party but the house of representatives. And i violently oppose any effort to do that on the floor of the house. Reporter do you think thered be a legal challenge to it . Mr. Roy i believe its constitutionally not just questionable but directly contrary to the constitution in se, we shall choose a speaker. And to appoint somebody without having chose and speaker makes no sense. We need to take a step back, do our job. Reporter how many rounds are you willing to go with jordan . Mr. Roy however long it takes. Reporter do you think people not supporting him will be willing to budge . Mr. Roy every one of us has a vet, you have to answer to your constituents for your vote. If my the clerk will designate the amendments are comfortable with their vote. You told us you want to hear people about why theyre against him. Mr. Roy ive had many conversations with my colleagues. But again they got to explain what the motivations are here. I think, you know, motivations of, you know, whatever, past recriminations, issues looking backwards, i dont think that sells well. The question is how do we go forward . Mr. Jordan is receiving the vast majority of the republican votes. Basically around the same that kevin was getting at the low point of his numbers. 198 199 compared to 200. Reporter what do you do if holdouts are unwilling to change . Mr. Roy we keep moving forward. Reporter what do you make of appropriators not voting for him . Mr. Roy i can tell you theres a lot of support for jim jordan in texas, i wouldnt want to be on the other side of that knowing the votes for the texas. It is not lost on me knowing that appropriators and essentially House Armed Services committee folks are the most skeptical at the moment. Were trying to change the status quo, stop spending money we dont have, stop engaging in endless conflicts we this money we dont have. Reporter when you talk about host that was from earlier today. One of the issues that chip roy brought up was whether or not Patrick Mchenry as speaker pro tem should be given additional powers. He said no. Representative scott perry, a republican of pennsylvania, agreed with him. A vote to further empower a temporary speaker is a vote to keep you broke and washington broken. I told you no matter what, i wont vote for the status quo and im keeping my word. As it says on the bottom of your screen, no speaker was elected today, the next vote is expected tomorrow at noon. We presume that jim jordan will be nominated again. Hakeem jeffries who has consistently gotten 212 votes, during the Kevin Mccarthy drama in january and now during the jim jordan two votes, hes gotten all of his caucus. Salvador, bristol, connecticut, democrat, what do you think about the speaker election . Caller i think it stinks. I really do. Im disappointed. And i do not want this temporary speaker to get more power and being in line with the democrats. Weve got these 20 republican, probably more than 20, that only care about enriching themselves and they done give a damn about the public. They dont listen to their citizens. We are in a tremendous amount of debt. Theyre spending money like its, you know, were talking trillions now, not billion, but trillions. Host do you think these 20, 22 republicans should vote for jim jordan . Caller i think they should. I think they should unite. Just like the democrats unite all the time. You know, you see the democrat they never break they always unite. Host thank you, sir if calling in. Deerfield beach, florida, on the republican line. Caller in the spirit of partisanship, i think it would be wonderful if a number of republicans, i think were talking seven or eight, could vote for jeffries. And then youd have a real bipartisan house of representatives with the republicans in control because of their numbers. But the Problem Solved with a democrat as leader. Host kelly, fox news, speaker pro tem mchenry says he hasnt spoken to leader jeffries at all. Asked if hes talked to democrats at all about expanding his powers as speaker pro tem, he said, look, ive got a lot of friends around here. And you know the last two weeks have been quite busy and complicated. Next call, john in wood stock, georgia. Hi. Caller hi. I think this speaker contention needs to be put into a historical basis. In, i believe it was the late 18 50s, there was it took five months to get a speaker. And that spoke to the division in the country at the time. We come forward in history and in 19 i believe it was 199, the dems lost control of the house for the first time in 40 years. They were very bitter aboutthat and the process has gotten worse since. The division between the democrats and the republicans, as we all have witnessed, has just continued to go on and on and on. And get gotten worse by the personal things they say. And as we come forward to the present time, this contention over the speaker is a result of all these divisions. In the country. And i dont think i dont think it is well for the country that we are so deeply divided. Host on, lets play devils advocate here. All the democrats are united. 212 of them. The republicans, there are 221 in the house. 20 to 22, 10 , are not voting for their candidate for speaker. Is this a republican issue . Or a National Issue . Caller i believe its a National Issue. Its easy for the democrats to be together. Because the republicans are trying to pick a speaker. Now, if the role was reversed and you had the republicans in the situation that the democrats are in, theyd do the same thing. They would vote solidly behind whoever they had put up. What youve got is a real, real Solid Division between roughly 50 of the population and voting population and 50 of the other population. And the only situation weve ever had that was that divided in our history goes back to the late 18 50s, preceding the civil war. Host thank you, sir, for calling in. Do lohrs rein yorktown, virginia, republican line, did i get your name right . Caller um, hi, im not opposed to a little bit of a speaker fight on the floor. I dont really like how they keep going off the floor and i would rather see it all out in the open. But my frustration with the holdouts on this is that theyry articulating what their opposition points are. What we saw in january were wellarticulated rules changes and some other sort of logical and understandable points to restore, you know, regular order to the floor. So what im frustrated with watching is, im not seeing any real argument being put forward against jordan versus just voting him down so those are my points. Host do you think jim jordan could be an effective speak her caller i think he could. Obviously there are a lot of people who are supporting him. You see mchenry and mccarthy, you see the leadership of the House Armed Services committee, rogers and wittman supporting him. So i think that there are powerful people within the caucus who should be persuasive to some of the People Holding out. You know, i see kiggans locally objecting because of military fund bug that doesnt make sense when you have the leadership of the Armed ServicesCommittee Supporting him. I dont find the reasonings to be logically you know, something he could modify to garner support. Host final question to you, is there a trump factor in your view in this election . Caller in what election . Host in the speakers election on the republican side . Caller i mean, i dont think so. Youre sitting here trying to gather support of a caucus. Trump is not on the ballot. Host thank you for calling. In appreciate it. Chad pegrim of fox news. Don bacon said i support giving Patrick Mchenry, the speaker pro tem, more responsible. So that might be an issue that you hear about in the next 24 hours before the next house session at noon tomorrow. Mike in texas, republican line, youre on cspan. Caller how are you doing . Ive got a few things to say. One thing is, Republican Party need to get their act together. They should all stick together like the dems. As far as jim jordan is concerned, hes a very strong person and he commits and he does what he says hes going to do. Thats been seen already. As far as these vote that are going on, those 20 republicans, they want their special interest taken care of and to me its like a pity party they dont get their way, they dont vote. Theyre not like the democrats that stick together and i believe any republican votes democrat they should be ousted. Simple as that. Host reporter jake sherman reporting that House Republicans do not expect a Conference Meeting tonight. Joe, down in jackson, mississippi, democrats line. Joe, what do you think about whats happening up here in washington . Host well, you know, i think its its just bipartisanship gridlock. They need to handle the peoples business. The gentleman there was talking about the democrats are sticking together. I dont understand why the republicans are not. You know, since they have the majority. They should come together. Because we need a speaker of the house and the American People voted the republicans in the majority and theyre not coming together. Seems to me like the democrats are doing a better job of sticking together and sticking to the subject. Host thank you, sir. Got your point. Lets hear from jennifer in connecticut on our independent line. Jennifer, good afternoon. Caller how are you doing . My name is paulette, i got my girl here, we voted for trump. Trump 2024. Host we got the point. Thank you. Were talking about the speakers election. Mike in ohio, democrat. I know i mispronounced your city, i apologize. I drive through that city twice a year. Sorry about that. Caller thats all right, its boosiris. Weir in ohio and so im real familiar with jim jordan. Host hes your representative isnt he . Caller yeah at one time. I think its changed here this last cycle but im not sure. He was at one time. He hasnt introduced any legislation he hasnt sponsored any legislation. All he does is he started that freedom independent caucus or whatever it is. And you know, their whole purpose is to just attack democrats and get and joe biden. So he really doesnt do anything. I if there are moderate republicans who want to get unity together with the democrat they got to electody other than, you know, jim jordan or boebert or greene or any of those, you know, for aright individuals. Theyve got to come over to the center and i think work with the democrats or nothing is going to go. Its just going to be gridlock. Host 90 of the g. O. P. Caucus supports jim jordan he gets elected overwhelmingly every two years in his district are. You saying something larger about the Republican Party in this sense . Caller well, what im saying the reason jordan gets elected overwhelmingly is because of the redistricting. I cant remember the word for it. Yeah, thank you. You know, its because his district is so gerrymandered. Totally republican area thats why he gets reelected all the time. But he doesnt do anything. I mean name me one bill that hes sponsored or wrote. Host lets go back to the 90 of the caucus supporting him. Caller supporting jordan . Host supporting jim jordan for speaker. Caller well, i mean, i think that part of the caucus is made up more of more rightwing individuals than it is moderates. I mean im not sure of that. But the only thing i can think of is why hay get the majority would support him is because he is a dog. I mean hes like a pit bull. When things are happening in congress that the republicans wan passed, he goes right on about it. I think thats one reason. Host all right, mike. Thank you very calling in. Jim in somerset, pa. Nonaffiliated voter, he says. Im quite sure there are 10 or 15 republicans willing to vote for Hakeem Jeffries on doing t work for the American Voters from ukrai, israel, border legiation, to an honest spending bget and full funding for defense infrastructure, inflation brought back to full amounts. Thats jim in somerset, pas view. Pete for the conway, new hampshire. The vitriol on both sides of the aisle, in both houses of congress is mirrored by your callers. It represents their constituents. We have seen the enemy and he is us. Two more Text Messages we want to show you. Steve in tucson, for anyone especially a republican to tray to blame the democrats for the chaos in the house is beyond absurd. And finally, jamie in maine. The media is responsible for this divided country. Theyve been telling us were divided for over four years at a time when we were not divided. But tell a lie long enough and it becomes true. I support jordan, jamie says, because hes for lower taxes, Smaller Government and less spending. Lets hear from martha in hattiesburg, mississippi. Republican line. You with us . Please go ahead. Caller yes. I think mccarthy broke his promises and when he did he got called on it and got removed from the speakers job and i think the main ones that are blocking jordan are the socalled cardinals of the house and the majority of them serve on the appropriations and Armed Services committee. And they want things to stay the way that they are and basically have an omnibus bill. And as far as the joyce resolution goes, thats basically where mchenry is going to be a puppet for mccarthy to stay in power, making back room deals with the democrats. All the American People are concerned about is the economy, and the open border, and thats not their priority. Host thank you, maam, for calling in. Mike gallagher is a republican from wisconsin, a supporter of jim jordan and he is chair of the select committee on china. He spoke about what he perceived on the dangers of not having a speaker. Mr. Gallagher aye always said, i said it when i nominated mccarthy a year ago or whenever it was, that the messiness of this institution is a feature, not a bug. I do think in a Big Tent Party like the Republican Party its healthy to have disagreements. But theres a point at which like the disagreements becomes dysfunction and paralysis. Were going to reach that point if we continue this much longer. I intend to follow the rule, which is whoever gets the majority in caucus, we should support him on the floor. I dont know who that person is reporter do you think after losing this second round, jordan will drop out . Mr. Gallagher i have no idea. Thats jims call. I think jim needs to make i think it would be wise for jim to figure out thousand make progress toward reducing the number of no votes. Jim cares about the institution. If it looks like its going toe wrong way, i dont think he should prolong it for no reason. I havent talked to him. I dont know. Do you think theres anything behind the idea of a bipartisan speaker . Jim jordan has been warning against a coalition sort of government situation here. Do you think mr. Gallagher my sense is the democrats view the power the speaker pro tem has as that but would be more reluctant to actually vote for a republican even one they viewed as reasonable and inoffensive. Or even, theyd be more likely to vote for the pro tem empowerment than vote present to allow us to solve our math problem. Again thats just my sense. Its not like Hakeem Jeffries calls me and reveals his thinking. But so i think a coalition government, i dont know how many democratic votes there would be for that or what the price of that would be. I think everyone agrees on what needs to happen. On the compromises that need to happen on funding, israel, broader Munitions Industrial base. I think theres an ob