Jeffries: 212
McCarthy: 203
Biggs: 10
Jordan: 6
Donalds: 1
"Present"/other/not voting: 2
(Vacant seat): 1
northland10 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 2:13 pm 8% of the caucus thinks it has the right to control the caucus and the entire Congress. It shows how they view democracy.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ ... c9799abd54"What can he give these folks that he hasn't already tried to give them? I don't think there's anything he can give them. It will never be enough. It seems so personal. They don't — they just don't want him so I don't think there's anything he can do. No concession he can make. There's no more appeasement that he can do to win some of these folks over."
MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch 4m
Brutal. Kevin McCarthy just LOST the SECOND VOTE for Speaker of the House.
He once again does not have the votes.