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This is cnns special live coverage of an historic vote on capitol hill. Im jake tapper. This has not happened in more than 100 years. But facing a revolt from a small but powerful group of republican hardliners, mccarthy says he will bring up a motion to vacate in the first series of votes today that is just minutes away. I truly believe, though, the institution of the house, at the end of the day if you throw a speaker out that has 99 of their conference, that kept government open and paid the troops, i think were in a really bad place for how were going to run congress. Speaker mccarthy says...

Rhetoric and examining the issues from healthcare in kentucky to minimum wage in alaska, and soon well know who is going to capitol hill as America Votes. The long and expensive Midterm Election campaign is over. Today voters are casting ballots that will have widespread impact. It will come down to a handful of days. We go to David Shuster who joins us with more on what to watch. Lets talk about control of the u. S. Senate. Yes, tony, for the purposes of calling a senate majority, the first wave of results on the east coast could be crucial. Around 8 00 p. M. Of republicans could flip either ...

Not close. And four years later in an environment that is more hostile, kay hagan comes pretty close to winning a senate seat despite 125 million being spent, and she did that in large part because we turned out tens of thousands of more of the most disenfranchised people in the country in a state where republicans shortened the early vote period from two weeks to one week and eliminated a lot of the easilyaccessible voting sites for africanamericans and for young people. Thats the lesson that democrats have to take. Theres no question there are a lot of disappointed democrats and my message t...

Waiting periods in certain parts of the country that veterans have to experience. That is what i would make on this. It has been a tough year of the v. A. A of criticism and a lot of it justified. It is completely unacceptable. Not tolerable that anyone would dr. The books and we have to do with those people. At the end of the day, what i hope every veteran in america understands, what i know that the vast majority of my state of vermont understands, is once you get into the v. A. , the quality of care is quite good. That is what all the veterans organizations say and it is true. You can see t...

Up. They are trying to help senate. Can i get a selfy . And in many states, they are building up ious for hillary in 2016. On the republican side, get ready for jeb bush. One thing about florida is, its a purple state. In focus, the Georgia Senate race, the key issue, outsourcing jobs. I am proud of it. This is a part of american business, part of any business. Three weeks until the november elections and now, the biggest names in american politics are fully engaged in the midterm campaigns. This week, former president bill clinton returned to arkansas to try to help democrats, including embat...