I will keep track of this historic vote for the #Speakerofthehouse in this thread.
218 needed for a Majority,Democrats only have 212 members voting
Rounds 1 to 3 below. #Speakerofthehousevote
One Republican voted present during Round 4 & 5
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Kevin McCarthy will lose round 6. Donalds has 17 votes already
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It's the 15th time that the Speaker has been elected after multiple ballots, below all > the current 6 rounds:
Year Final Ballot
1923 -9
1833 -10
1839 -11
1821 -12
1819 -22
1859 -44
1849 -63
1855 -133
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Round 6. No Majority for Kevin McCarthy. Victoria Spartz-(R-IN) voting present for the 3rd time
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The #118thCongress adjourned until 20:00 tonight.
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Kevin McCarthy will lose round 6. Donalds has 7 votes already, McCarthy can only lose 4 votes
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👀 Donald Trump just received 1 vote
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Round 7. No Majority for Kevin McCarthy. Matt Gaetz voted for Donald Trump & Spartz-(R-IN) voted present for the 4th time.
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Kevin McCarthy will lose round 8. he already lost 6 votes, he can only lose 4 votes
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Round 8. No Majority for Kevin McCarthy. Moving on to round 9 which was the final ballot 100 years ago (1923)#Speakerofthehouse #Speakerofthehousevote
Donald Trump received 1 vote,Rep. Kevin Hearn-OK received 2 votes and & Spartz-(R-IN) voted present for the 5th time.
Lauren Boebert nominated Kevin Hern (OK) for round 9
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Kevin McCarthy will lose round 9.
The number of rounds to elect the #Speakerofthehouse now exceeds the 9 of 1923. There were 7 other times in history with 10 or more ballots #Speakerofthehousevote
The 7 other times in history with 10 or more ballots :
Year Final Ballot
1833 -10
1839 -11
1821 -12
1819 -22
1859 -44
1849 -63
1855 -133
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Round 9. No Majority for Kevin McCarthy. This will be the First time in 163 years with more than 9 rounds
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Kevin McCarthy will lose round 10.#Speakerofthehouse
There were 6 other times in history with 11 or more ballots #Speakerofthehousevote
Round 10 Results
Kevin McCarthy will lose round 11 for House speaker.#Speakerofthehouse
There were 5 other times in history with 12 or more ballots #Speakerofthehousevote
Round 11 final votes.#Speakerofthehouse
12th #SpeakerVote could happen tonight
The #118thCongress will adjourn until noon Friday
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Some Details of an agreement that is currently being pored over by McCarthy’s side and members of the House Freedom Caucus.
Might only be finalized next week due to GOP members being absent tomorrow, 1 was absent from round 9 today
Rep. Kevin McCarthy told reporters that while there has been progress in negotiations, there was no timeline on when he could get to 218 votes.
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Matt Gaetz nominated Jim Jordan for Round 12.
He said Kevin McCarthy is not negotiating in good faith, leaking and distorting private discussion #SpeakerVote #Speakerofthehouse
Lauren Boebert nominated Kevin Hern for round 12
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Kevin McCarthy will lose round 12 for House speaker.#Speakerofthehouse #SpeakerVote
He has made some progress, of the votes casted at this stage these reps were part of the 20 but voted for McCarthy in Round 12:
Byron Donalds-FL
Andrew Clyde-GA
Michael Cloud-TX
Round 12 final votes.#Speakerofthehouse McCarthy picked up 13 votes #SpeakerVote
McCarthy gained these votes #Speakerofthehouse #SpeakerVote
It's the 15th time that the Speaker has been elected after multiple ballots.Only 4 times with>13 rounds:
Year Final Ballot
1819 -22
1859 -44
1849 -63
1855 -133
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Kevin McCarthy lost round 13 for House speaker.He needed 4 of the 7 holdout votes. With some reps absent he needs 217 votes. #Speakerofthehouse #SpeakerVote
Round 13 final votes. No majority for McCarthy but he picked up 1 more vote,Andy Harris-MD. He needs 217 #SpeakerVote #Speakerofthehouse
The House voted to adjourn until 10pm tonight.
Kevin McCarthy told reporters he is confident he will have the votes to become speaker by tonight
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Lauren Boebert voted present, this signals that Kevin McCarthy will most likely be elected as #Speakerofthehouse #SpeakerVote #14thSpeakerVote
This is how it currently stands, Matt Gaetz & Lauren Boebert voted present. McCarthy needs 217 votes.
They can keep the vote open until one of them vote for McCarthy, if not on to round 15.
It got heated between Gaetz & McCarthy post the votes..
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Round 14 is closed,McCarthy lost a 14th time. They're voting on a motion to adjourn.
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The #118thCongress will stay in session and start voting for a 15th time
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After a historic 15th vote for #Speakerofthehouse Kevin McCarthy was elected as Speaker.
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Round 15 final votes. 5 voted present which means Kevin McCarthy only needed 215 votes.
Nancy Pelosi was elected with 216 votes in 2021
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