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Reality Check wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:44 am

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:34 am If they keep voting maybe Hakeem will win!

I was thinking that. Wouldn't it be hilarious if 5 Republicans crossed over to vote for Jeffries? Problem solved!

7m ago / 3:30 PM EDT
There will be a third vote for speaker today, Jordan says

Kyla Guilfoil and Kyle Stewart

Jordan said this afternoon that he plans to call for a third vote on the floor today to see if he can finally reach the 217 votes needed to be elected speaker.

As he passed reporters asking whether members would go to the floor for a third vote today, Jordan said, "That's the plan."

4m ago / 3:44 PM EDT

The plan to give McHenry more power seems to have died.

7m ago / 4:04 PM EDT
Rep. Dave Joyce: 'These people couldn’t agree on the time of day'

Kyle Stewart

Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, said he was not surprised at the pushback from fellow Republicans on his proposal to elect Patrick McHenry as speaker pro tempore.

“You must not cover our conference,” he said to reporters when asked for his reaction. “These people couldn’t agree on the time of day.”

Joyce said he can’t introduce his resolution while the House is in recess (as it currently is) but that he can do it the next time the floor reopens. Joyce cited the looming government shutdown and the need to “keep this country moving” as why he wants to elect a speaker pro tempore.

“That’s why it’s a deep concern of mine, I know it’s a concern of many of the people in the room,” he said. “And there’s other folks who just want to see it dead. So they come out and tell you all it’s dead. It’s a live motion that can be filed, or a petition that can be filed at any time.”

Melanie Zanona @MZanona wrote: Some Jordan holdouts are refusing to meet with Jordan or take his calls, sources tell me — a sign of the uphill climb Jordan faces in winning 217.

Meanwhile, one of the Rs who voted against Jordan had to have a sheriff stationed at their daughter’s school because of threats.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:36 pm Seems to me the odds of having some Rs voting for Jeffries (never really likely) have dropped to about zero. Or however they give odds.

Acyn @Acyn wrote: Zanona: We're told that they encouraged Jordan to drop out and that they delivered a blunt message to him, which is that you're not going to be speaker and this is the right thing for you to do which is to drop out of the race.

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:00 pm KKKlowns.

Acyn @Acyn wrote: Zanona: We're told that they encouraged Jordan to drop out and that they delivered a blunt message to him, which is that you're not going to be speaker and this is the right thing for you to do which is to drop out of the race.

26m ago / 7:10 PM EDT
Next House speaker vote slated for tomorrow morning

Rebecca Kaplan

Jordan spokesman Russell Dye said tonight that the next speaker vote will be at 10 a.m. on Friday.

Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP wrote: Rep. Ken Buck: “I've had four death threats. I've been evicted from my office in Colorado...because the landlord is mad with my voting record on the Speaker issue...Family members have been approached and threatened...There's going to be some tension.”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:31 pm Ruby Freeman would like a word.

Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP wrote: Rep. Ken Buck: “I've had four death threats. I've been evicted from my office in Colorado...because the landlord is mad with my voting record on the Speaker issue...Family members have been approached and threatened...There's going to be some tension.”

Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP wrote: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy once again blames the Democrats for the GOP's inability to elect a Speaker.

Andrew—Author of America Rises On Substack—Wortman @AmoneyResists wrote: Party of family values, everyone: