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that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn't hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it wa...

Occasionally I get reader emails claiming I’m far more critical of Republicans than I am of Democrats. (Okay, maybe more than occasionally.)

To be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling again. they undertook a 15th vote. andy biggs changed his vote to another candidate to present, got a standing ovation. then representative elect eli crane changed his vote to present. the calendar turned over from the second anniversary of january 6th to now january 7th. in the end, mccarthy had 216 votes, hakeem jeffries maintained his party's 212, the last six holdouts all voted present. the uniqueness of this congressional proceeding is that it was the most protracted speaker election since 1859 and...