California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the 218 votes necessary to become speaker of the House in a third round of voting, this time with 20 Republicans voting in opposition.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks after a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning with the GOP conference as he pursues the speaker of the House.House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks after a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning with the GOP conference as he pursues the speaker of the House.
It's customary for the minority party to nominate their leader for speaker, and Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, nominated for speaker by Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, had more votes than McCarthy in all threeRound one saw: Jeffries, 212; McCarthy, 203; and 19 votes for other Republicans. In round two, the counts for Jeffries and McCarthy stayed the same, however, 19 votes went to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan.
"The differences we may have ... pale in comparison to us and the left, which now unfortunately controls the other party," Jordan said."So, we had better come together. ... That's what the people want us to do, and I think Kevin McCarthy is the right guy to lead us, I really do, or else I wouldn't be up here giving this speech."
"Maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the House isn't someone who wants it so bad," Gaetz said."Maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the House isn't someone who has sold shares of himself for more than a decade to get it.
Previous speakers have faced defections in the first vote of the session to install the top leader, but it's the first time in 100 years a speaker needed multiple ballots to win. "I have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. I don't have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too," McCarthy told reporters Tuesday morning.Republicans will only hold razor-thin majority — just four seats — after Democrats had a better-than-expected showing in competitive contests in the 2022 midterms.
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