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taken no more than a single ballot on the first day in session to elect one. today house republicans, who are now in the majority, could not muster the votes needed to make their leader, kevin mccarthy, the speaker. instead, in a test of his capacity for humiliation, he sat there, smiling at times as votes were cast three times and results were read. the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ applause ] acclimation. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. no persons have received a majority of the whole numbers votes cast by surname. a speaker has not been elected. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. well, after the third rejection, republicans moved to adjourn until noon tomorrow. and this could all begin again. in 1923, it took nine ballots to choose a speaker. the record is 133 over ....
No person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. well, after the third rejection, republicans moved to adjourn until noon tomorrow. and this could all begin again. in 1923, it took nine ballots to choose a speaker. the record is 133 over two months in 1856. no one expects it to go that long this time. but today was still historic and unprecedented in the moerner rachet it was also a repudiation of mccarthy s powers of persuasion limited though they are by a slim majority and rebellious membership. he still seems to have misjudged his support. in a letter to colleagues over the weekend, he signed it speaker designate. the irony being this is a letter making one concession after another to hard-liners to win their votes which he did not get today. and adding pathos the irony, ....
Of before and after, and please, keep in mind you are watching a sitting federal judge who took that oath, who has an obligation to rule above politics and who went from disclaiming politics to blasting a political party yesterday and darkly alleges conspiracy theories and political hit jobs that he can t prove. so i m going though you this now. and when you watch the contrast, keep in mind you re about to see some of the most direct, partisan language any supreme court nominee has ever used in a confirmation hearings in the moerner rachet. i m a judge. i m not making the policy decision. my job is to decide whether that policy is consistent with law. this is a circus. the consequences will extend long past my nomination. the consequences will be with us for decades. i take very seriously your broader point about maintaining confidence of all the american people and the integrity and impartiality and the independence of the supreme court. ....