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speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. a stunned mccarthy walked up the house floor to confront gaetz. as ...

432 elected congressmen or calling them congressmen-elect. he needs three more to close the deal. republicans are hoping at 10:00 p.m. time when they reconvene, he will have the three. that is a stubborn six that is left over. let's get the details from chad pergram with the very latest. chad? >> neil, the speakership is a game of inches. today for the first time since tuesday, kevin mccarthy finally showed he was gaining ground towards securing the votes to become speaker. >> i think you saw we made very good progress. we'll come back tonight and i believe tonight we'll have the vot...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to introduce a motion to remove Johnson as speaker if he brought the bill for Ukraine up for a vote.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) offered a rare insight into the Republican campaign to stop his speaker bid in October following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced his intention to continue his pursuit of the House speakership on Friday, adding that he's been having discussions with the 22 Republican defectors who voted against him.