(Trends Wide) — Representative Kevin McCarthy suffers his 13th defeat in the effort to elect himself as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Although he gained more support among hardline Republicans during the most recent vote, he fell short of the necessary threshold. Six Republican lawmakers voted against him.
In the 13th round, McCarthy got 214 votes, Hakeem Jeffries 212, and Jim Jordan 6.
McCarthy needs more Republican hardliners to switch their votes to reach the 218-vote threshold.
The House of Representatives suspended the session and will resume it this Friday at 10:00 p.m.
“I will have enough votes”
McCarthy expressed his confidence that he will get the votes to secure his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday night.
“I’ll have the votes,” McCarthy told Trends Wide’s Manu Raju when asked if he could swing the vote for two Republican congressmen, Rep. Matt Rosendale and Rep.-elect Eli Crane.
McCarthy then told reporters that once the House resumes session “I think we’ll have the votes to end this once and for all.”
“Because it took so long, we now learned how to rule. So now we can get the job done,” McCarthy added.
The current bid for the House leadership is already the longest dispute in 164 years, as the process has stretched into its fourth day.
A group of hardline Republicans managed to derail McCarthy’s bid to become House speaker even after negotiations moved ahead Thursday night. In fact, some changed their vote for McCarthy this Friday.
No member of Congress can be sworn in until a Speaker of the House is elected.
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(Trends Wide) — Representative Kevin McCarthy suffers his 13th defeat in the effort to elect himself as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Although he gained more support among hardline Republicans during the most recent vote, he fell short of the necessary threshold. Six Republican lawmakers voted against him.
In the 13th round, McCarthy got 214 votes, Hakeem Jeffries 212, and Jim Jordan 6.
McCarthy needs more Republican hardliners to switch their votes to reach the 218-vote threshold.
The House of Representatives suspended the session and will resume it this Friday at 10:00 p.m.
“I will have enough votes”
McCarthy expressed his confidence that he will get the votes to secure his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday night.
“I’ll have the votes,” McCarthy told Trends Wide’s Manu Raju when asked if he could swing the vote for two Republican congressmen, Rep. Matt Rosendale and Rep.-elect Eli Crane.
McCarthy then told reporters that once the House resumes session “I think we’ll have the votes to end this once and for all.”
“Because it took so long, we now learned how to rule. So now we can get the job done,” McCarthy added.
The current bid for the House leadership is already the longest dispute in 164 years, as the process has stretched into its fourth day.
A group of hardline Republicans managed to derail McCarthy’s bid to become House speaker even after negotiations moved ahead Thursday night. In fact, some changed their vote for McCarthy this Friday.
No member of Congress can be sworn in until a Speaker of the House is elected.
