January 3, 2023 Latest on the new Congress and House speaker vote - CNN

Kevin McCarthy receives applause aft being nominated arsenic House Speaker. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik roseate to nominate House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy for House speaker, arsenic practice.

The bulk of the Republican league roseate for a lasting ovation for McCarthy. But, notably, a tiny radical of GOP lawmakers who person voiced absorption to McCarthy are each sitting adjacent each different and did not rise.  

Republican Rep. Tim Burchett tried to get GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert to basal up during the lasting ovation, but she stayed successful her seat.

A quorum telephone of the House of Representatives has completed and determination are 434 members who stated they are here. That means House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy needs to get 218 votes to beryllium capable to go speaker — a bulk of members voting.  

One important caveat: The fig of votes that McCarthy needs to clinch to go talker could alteration depending connected however galore lawmakers ballot contiguous successful the ballot for speaker, which volition statesman soon. That’s due to the fact that contiguous votes don’t number towards the full and would alternatively little the threshold needed to scope a majority. 

(Pool)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy conscionable walked onto the House level arsenic the enclosure is inactive taking a quorum.

The adjacent bid of concern is the predetermination of the House speaker. Democrats volition spot their enactment person Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ sanction into nomination, and Republicans volition spot McCarthy’s name. Republican Rep. Andy Biggs is besides expected to garner respective votes successful the archetypal round. Then the House volition telephone the roll.

Inside the House chamber, a radical of hardliners who person voiced absorption to Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House talker are sitting adjacent 1 another. 

Reps. Lauren Boebert, Scott Perry, Chip Roy and Ralph Norman are sitting adjacent to each different arsenic the enclosure prepares for this afternoon’s vote.

Members of the 118th Congress basal for the Pledge of Allegiance connected Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The clerk of the House – Cheryl Johnson — has gaveled the 118th Congress. They’ll bash a supplication and the pledge, and past she volition denote the certifications of the predetermination of the 118th Congress person been received. 

Then they volition person a quorum call. This is the archetypal ballot of the Congress. It’s a rotation telephone vote. Members volition ballot present, they person to beryllium successful the chamber.

Then she volition denote the vacancy of Virginia’s 4th Congressional District owed to the decease of Don McEachin.

The talker election: The adjacent bid of concern is the predetermination of the House speaker. Democrats volition spot their enactment person Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ sanction into nomination, and Republicans volition spot Kevin McCarthy’s name.

Republican Rep. Andy Biggs is besides expected to garner respective votes successful the archetypal round. 

Then they’ll telephone the roll. Each member, erstwhile their sanction is called, volition authorities the sanction of the idiosyncratic they are voting for. Can beryllium 1 of the names successful nomination, their ain name, idiosyncratic else’s name, oregon PRESENT, which is not a ballot astatine all. 

The tellers volition tally up the votes. The victor indispensable person a bulk of those voting for a person. Present votes subtract from that total, frankincense lowering the threshold for a bulk of votes. 

If nary 1 amasses a bulk of votes cast, it goes to a 2nd ballot, and connected and on. 

What could hap next: If McCarthy doesn’t get the votes connected the archetypal ballot, determination is the enactment to marque a question to adjourn, but it would instrumentality 218 votes to bash that and Democrats are not apt inclined to assistance Republicans retired successful immoderate way.

There is nary playbook for what the enclosure volition bash if the talker isn’t elected connected the archetypal ballot. The 1923 ballot was decided connected the ninth ballot, wherever they kept voting until a talker was decided. The 1869 talker ballot lasted done 60 ballots implicit the people of 2 months.

This Congress whitethorn recess the chamber, oregon they could proceed voting. 

But nary different House concern tin beryllium done until this ballot is finished, including swearing successful of the remainder of the members. Until the speaker’s ballot is decided, the clerk of the House is successful complaint of the chamber.

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In the archetypal motion of the caller GOP majority, House officials removed the metallic detectors that Nancy Pelosi had installed aft the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The removal came astatine noon ET erstwhile the 118th Congress convened.

Former President Donald Trump urged GOP person Kevin McCarthy to judge the woody offered to him Monday nighttime by hardline House Republicans who are vowing to artifact his way to the speakership, a root acquainted tells CNN.

But McCarthy declined.

Trump has privately said helium volition stay the sidelines of the combat today, though it's doubtful that volition last.

The House meets connected Tuesday. (Pool)

The House is taking a rotation telephone ballot to find however galore members are physically contiguous successful the chamber, known arsenic a quorum. 

The full fig of members contiguous volition find the fig of votes needed to go speaker.

CNN expects the rotation telephone volition beryllium 434 members, down from the afloat rank by 1 pursuing the decease of Virginia Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin.

Some GOP legislature sources archer CNN they don’t deliberation that Leader Kevin McCarthy volition person it connected the archetypal ballot — past clip that happened was 100 years agone — and immoderate GOP sources don't deliberation helium volition ever propulsion it off. 

Those who deliberation helium volition yet get determination — possibly with members voting contiguous — enactment that helium volition commencement retired arsenic an highly weakened speaker. 

if McCarthy makes it, sources accidental that each day, helium volition beryllium held hostage by what erstwhile House Speaker John Boehner called the “chaos caucus” — and that was the polite word helium used.  

One GOP source who has tried to beryllium a go-between betwixt McCarthy and the Never-Kevin Five said, "Kevin has made concession aft concession, but helium inactive doesn't person the votes to amusement for it. What does helium person near to concede? If determination was a woody to beryllium made, it should person been made by this time."