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House Adjourned For The Day After McCarthy Gets Denied 3 TIMES


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For the first time since 1923, the vote for the House Speaker has gone to three votes and in all three votes Rep. Kevin McCarthy has not had enough votes to reach 218.

The House has now decided to adjourn for the day and is expected to vote again tomorrow.

A total of 19 House Republicans defected from electing McCarthy and by the third round of voting 20 Republicans cast their vote for Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to be the next House Speaker.

The leaders behind the resistance of McCarthy are Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Lauren Boebert.

ABC shared these details:

Republicans faced a leadership drama as they took control of the House on Tuesday.

As the 118th Congress convened, the first order of business in the chamber was the election of a new speaker — and current Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is so far being stymied by a group of hardliners demanding concessions.

To win the gavel, McCarthy needs a majority of the members-elect who are present and voting. But because the GOP holds only a five-seat advantage, a small number of defections is stopping McCarthy from gaining the office he’s long sought.

The House can conduct no other business until a speaker is chosen. For the first time in a century, the vote is requiring multiple rounds and, now, multiple days.

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The Hill had these details to report:

The House of Representatives adjourned Tuesday without a Speaker after three ballots for the gavel found no candidate with the majority.

Speaker nominee Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lost 19 GOP votes on the first two ballots and 20 on the third ballot, leaving the conference in a stalemate on how to proceed.

All 434 members voted for a Speaker candidate, meaning 218 votes were needed to secure the post. With 222 House Republicans to 212 Democrats, McCarthy is well short of reaching that threshold.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a McCarthy ally, made the motion to adjourn, and it was adopted by voice vote. The House will return at noon on Wednesday.

It marks the first time in a century that the House has gone to multiple ballots for Speaker. In 1923, the Speaker election took nine ballots over three days.



 

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