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1 min ago

The House adjourns for a fewer hours with nary solution for speaker

The House has voted to adjourn until 8 p.m. ET Wednesday.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy has present failed to person a bulk of the ballot six times. The House cannot determination guardant with concern until a talker is elected.

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1 min ago

These are the House Republicans who voted against McCarthy for talker connected the 6th ballot

Twenty Republicans voted against Rep. Kevin McCarthy successful the sixth circular of voting for House speakership.

These are the lawmakers who voted for Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida instead:

  1. Rep. Andy Biggs
  2. Rep. Dan Bishop
  3. Rep. Lauren Boebert
  4. Rep. Josh Brecheen
  5. Rep. Michael Cloud
  6. Rep. Andrew Clyde
  7. Rep. Eli Crane
  8. Rep. Byron Donalds
  9. Rep. Matt Gaetz
  10. Rep. Bob Good
  11. Rep. Paul Gosar
  12. Rep. Andy Harris
  13. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
  14. Rep. Mary Miller
  15. Rep. Ralph Norman
  16. Rep. Andy Ogles
  17. Rep. Scott Perry
  18. Rep. Matt Rosendale
  19. Rep. Chip Roy
  20. Rep. Keith Self

Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted contiguous for the 3rd consecutive time, making the speakership threshold 217.

12 min ago

McCarthy fails to unafraid speakership successful 6th ballot

From Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Jessica Dean

Kevin McCarthy listens successful  the House enclosure  connected  Wednesday.Kevin McCarthy listens successful the House enclosure connected Wednesday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Kevin McCarthy has failed successful his sixth effort to unafraid the speaker’s gavel, with 20 Republicans voting unneurotic erstwhile again for Florida Rep. Byron Donalds.

Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted contiguous erstwhile again making the speakership threshold 217.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries had the unanimous enactment of his caucus.

The last tally was:

  • 212 for Jeffries
  • 201 for McCarthy
  • 20 for Donalds
  • 1 contiguous vote

This was the aforesaid tally arsenic the erstwhile 2 votes.

21 min ago

House Republicans discussing 4-member negotiating teams to enactment done impasse, root says 

From CNN's Manu Raju and Kate Sullivan

Republicans are considering appointing 4 members each from the pro-Rep. Kevin McCarthy and anti-McCarthy camps to negociate a way guardant connected choosing a House speaker, 1 GOP root tells CNN. 

One Democratic lawmaker besides tells CNN they overheard Rep. Jim Jordan archer members huddled connected the House level that McCarthy wants each broadside to name 4 members to negociate aft this sixth circular of voting for House speaker.

The huddle came aft McCarthy mislaid a 5th bid to unafraid the speakership, arsenic a radical of 20 Republicans stay opposed to the California Republican for the apical position. 

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53 min ago

McCarthy appears to person suffered decision again

GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy appears to person failed to unafraid the votes needed for talker arsenic the House continues voting successful a sixth round.

A nominee needs 218 votes, but the fig required could change if members withhold their votes. The House can't footwear disconnected the caller Congress oregon curse successful caller members until a talker is elected.

23 min ago

GOP Rep. Chip Roy says determination person been productive negotiations successful the past 2 hours

From CNN's Manu Raju

US Rep. Chip Roy, center, talks to others successful  the House enclosure  connected  Wednesday.US Rep. Chip Roy, center, talks to others successful the House enclosure connected Wednesday. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In a invited awesome for Kevin McCarthy, GOP Rep. Chip Roy told CNN helium has had “more productive” talks successful the past 2 hours with McCarthy allies than helium has had successful the past fewer weeks.

He said helium expects to beryllium portion of the talks that CNN archetypal reported would instrumentality spot tonight.

Roy besides said helium is not a hard-no connected McCarthy.

While helium said that the “clown show” GOP league gathering yesterday “hardened opposition” to McCarthy, helium added that they are “trying to repair that harm today, and advancement has been made.”

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1 hr 7 min ago

Biden says standoff connected House level is "embarrassing"

From CNN's Sam Fossum

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media earlier  boarding Air Force One successful  Hebron, Kentucky, connected  Wednesday.President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media earlier boarding Air Force One successful Hebron, Kentucky, connected Wednesday. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

President Joe Biden weighed successful connected the ongoing standoff connected the House level arsenic Republicans failed to scope a statement and elite a talker of the House, saying it's "embarrassing" and that what worries him astir is however this undermines the institution. 

"Obviously I am," Biden said erstwhile asked if helium was acrophobic astir the US not having a functional Congress. 

"For 2 reasons. One, it's embarrassing for the country. And I mean literally, I'm not making a partisan — that's the world that to beryllium capable to person a Congress that can't relation is conscionable embarrassing. We're the top state successful the world, however tin that be? And we've had a batch of occupation with the attacks connected our institutions already. And, it's conscionable — that's what worries maine much than thing else," the president said.
1 hr 10 min ago

6th ballot starts arsenic speakership stalemate continues

The House of Representatives has begun its sixth circular of voting for speaker. Rep. Kevin McCarthy has not won the bulk aft 5 ballots.

House Republicans are astatine a contentious stalemate implicit who volition service arsenic the adjacent talker amid what appears to beryllium hardened absorption to McCarthy from a radical of 20 conservatives who voted for Rep. Byron Donalds successful the past 2 votes Wednesday.

McCarthy's allies accidental he's not dropping retired and is inactive prepared to grind this out. 

1 hr 9 min ago

Rep. Byron Donalds and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries are backmost connected the 6th ballot

Some Republicans again nominated Rep. Byron Donalds for the sixth circular of voting successful absorption to Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

In the 4th and 5th rounds of voting Wednesday, Donalds received 20 votes — coming from a radical of lawmakers who garbage to enactment McCarthy.

On the different broadside of the aisle, Democrats person stayed united, supporting their enactment person Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. He has received each 212 Democratic votes connected each 5 ballots truthful far.

In his information of the Democrat, Rep. Pete Aguilar called Jeffries the "lead vote-getter" successful the past 5 rounds.

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