point, is really crucial. it is the ability to know where you are and when the majority i this slim, that is imperative. they re keeping everybody on target as far as the vote. they can get different democrat default and they will try to go across the aisle but to get a conservative agenda through, yo have to know who was voting and when you can get them to the chamber. you re watching the numbers on the right-hand side of the screen. jeffries that 153. the most important number could be the bottom, present, which lowers the threshold. this is going at a rapid clip. in the early phase votes 1-2-3, it was taking the better part o two hours to get these done.
present, you had bogert and gai speed you have the total universe of the house. dallas in the virginia passed away so the last vote, boebert and gait spirit and it makes at for hundred 17 is the magic number. five voting present gets you to for hundred 29, so half up that plus one is 215. 215 will be the magic number right now if everything stays the same. it is fascinating. i want to bring in the former congressman jason chave at spea jason, you ve got me fascinated this well. we saw during the break all the lobbying that was going on and the freshman tactics we saw going on in kevin mccarthy talking with matt gaetz up beside dan crenshaw reaching over the bench and talking to matt gaetz that we saw sheila jackson lee talk at the back gate s. we were told for a while that matt gaetz was expected to
into the chamber when he has announced a speaker up the house . he will be sworn and and constantine in the house. when they have this narrow a vote majority and that don t have proxy voting, that is something that has assisted because of the pandemic. is going to be a real challenge to get everybody there maybe democrats will be able to win some ballots and they don t hav everybody there.
agreements that they make. i like the symbology of having the democrats and republicans come together with kevin. democrats are being nasty about it and there is kind of a and t this. this is a chance for republican to try to govern. nancy up was almost a genius. she won every vote with the sam number and she had wild people in her committee. kevin is going to be put to the almighty test. i have a hunch that he can. we shall see if that spring and kevin walker pretty look at this from a democratic perspective and you wonder, you know, he makes a very good poin about but nancy pelosi was precise.
to the 15th ballot. that was significant. otherwise kevin mccarthy was not going to win here after wha happened on the 14th ballot. they will announce the vote her there closely. you need 215. it appears he is a little bit higher than that. he should be at 216 because you have 48 casting ballots by name and six present, including matt rosendale who was a lasting vote . they will tally this up and thi will take a few minutes. there sitting at the lower leve and they want to make sure they are in agreement. they will present this to chery johnson and she will announce that there is in fact a speaker that has been selected. that has not been her answer on the previous roll call. will we hear kevin mccarthy