So here we go again…
Please direct all comments and links regarding the actual VOTING to this thread.
Edit
@TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee provided the live CSpan link!
Thank you!
https://www.c-span.org/video/?531158-1/house-session=&live=
1st vote count is in:
Hakeem Jeffries - 212 (217 needed to win)
Jim Jordan - 200
Steve Scalise - 7
Kevin McCarthy - 6
“Others” - 7
Jordan could have only lost 4 votes, he lost 20.
2nd vote came through, he lost 2 more votes. Will update when I get the actual breakdown.
https://apnews.com/house-speaker-live-updates-day-2
"The final vote was 212 for Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and 199 for Jordan, with others voting for alternatives.
The Ohio congressman lost 22 Republican votes, two more than in the first round and 18 more than he could afford to lose."
Full count here which is not CURRENTLY paywalled:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/17/us/politics/house-speaker-vote-tally.html
Jeffries - 212
Jordan - 199
Scalise - 7
McCarthy - 5
Zeldin - 3
“Others” - 7 (one each)
Edit 3rd vote for Thursday has been called off as Jim Jordan now supports expanding the powers of Speaker Pro Temp Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) through January 3rd.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/speaker-of-house-vote-live-updates-10-19-2023/
It’s unclear when or if THAT vote will go forward as other Republicans oppose it, although it will only take a bare handfull, working with the Democrats, to make it happen.
Scalise beat Jordan 113-99.
Democrats unanimously renominated House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,
To win the gavel, a candidate needs support from a majority of the House members present, meaning the eventual speaker will need 217 votes if every one of the current members votes and does so for a candidate by name. There are currently 433 members, with two vacancies, so a majority is 217.
If members are absent, or if some vote present instead of supporting a candidate, that decreases what the majority vote needs to be. The House is intended to have a total membership of 435 members, so a majority is usually 218.
I’m looking forward to watching the Democrats stay united behind Jeffries for every single vote. Again.
They will.
Steve Scalise barely beat Jim Jordan, who *if I’m not mistaken, is the guy that helped cover up a bunch of sexual abuse? That Jim Jordan?
It’s Gym Jordan. You don’t wanna keep confusing people what his name is.
Wait, Gym Jordan and Jim Jordan are the same two people, responsible for covering up multiple occurrences of sexual abuse at Ohio State University and also being a Republican representative?
Yes, his name is Jim Jordan, but the assaults he covered up happened in relation to an atheletics program, hence “Gym Jordan”.