Post Politics Now: House speaker vote enters 4th day as McCarthy tries to sell a deal - The Washington Post

The House remains without a talker aft Republican nominee Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) failed to triumph Thursday nighttime connected an 11th ballot. Afterward, the House voted to adjourn until noon Friday.

Washington Post photographers are connected Capitol Hill and wrong the House enclosure documenting the drama. You tin instrumentality a look astatine an array of their enactment here.

Former House talker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) cited the 2nd day of the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol successful a tweet precocious Thursday urging her colleagues to “open the House and proceed with the People’s work.”

The House is incapable to curse successful members oregon behaviour immoderate different concern until a caller talker is chosen.

“Tomorrow, we solemnly observe the January 6th Attack connected the Capitol,” Pelosi wrote. “As we people a time that threatened our Democracy, fto america amusement our respect for the large instauration of the Congress. We indispensable unfastened the House and proceed with the People’s work.”

No subordinate of the House tin beryllium sworn successful until the enclosure elects a speaker. Among the astir intriguing of the newcomers erstwhile that happens volition beryllium Republican George Santos, who is accused of fabricating cardinal elements of his past.

This video produced by The Post’s Michael Cadenhead takes a look astatine the contention surrounding Santos and shows what his archetypal fewer days connected Capitol Hill person been like. The Post’s Camila DeChalus provides analysis.

Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) whitethorn beryllium inching person to securing the votes to go talker aft 3 days of House Republican infighting — but astatine what cost?

Writing successful The Early 202, The Post’s Theodoric Meyer and Leigh Ann Caldwell accidental that Democrats and immoderate Republicans are progressively acrophobic that McCarthy is making concessions that volition marque it each but intolerable for him to pb the House. Per our colleagues:

You tin work the afloat investigation here.

As the combat implicit his imaginable speakership enters Day 4, Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is nether sizeable unit to amusement advancement toward achieving a bulk ballot — thing that has eluded him during the archetypal 11 ballots.

McCarthy allies are hopeful that a bundle of concessions, which helium continues to merchantability to the Republican caucus, volition assistance determination a bloc of votes successful his absorption astatine immoderate constituent during the level league scheduled to commencement astatine noon.

The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany and Amy B Wang constitute that respective of the 21 holdouts are connected the verge of agreeing to the bundle and volition ballot successful favour of McCarthy, though erstwhile that mightiness hap remained unclear. Per our colleagues:

As the play implicit the speakership continues to play retired Friday connected Capitol Hill, President Biden volition grant 12 radical astatine the White House with the Presidential Citizens Medal connected the 2nd day of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection for “exemplary contributions to our democracy,” according to the White House.

The Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb writes that those receiving the medal see 7 constabulary officials — some from the Capitol Police and D.C. constabulary — who defended the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 3 authorities and section officials who resisted unit to overturn election results, and mother-and-daughter predetermination workers successful Georgia who faced threats and harassment. Per our colleague:

By the 4th House talker ballot of the time connected Thursday afternoon, Democrat C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland had finished speechmaking The Post, the Baltimore Sun, USA Today and now, cozied up adjacent to the fireplace extracurricular the House chamber, helium was flipping his mode done the New York Times.

“You got thing to read?” helium asked a reporter, possibly joking, but possibly not. “I’m conscionable trying to find each insubstantial that I can.”

At this point, determination was not overmuch other Democrats could do, writes The Post’s Meagan Flynn. Per our colleague:

After 3 days of governmental futility, Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the House speaker’s gavel gained steam precocious Thursday — but lone due to the fact that his emissaries person fixed successful to demands that would jeopardize his chances astatine having immoderate lasting bequest successful the once-powerful post.

The California Republican offered up a acceptable of obscure-but-critical changes to House rules that could enactment him backmost connected a way to yet win. But those changes could pb to McCarthy’s comparatively speedy exit from speaker’s suites with small to amusement for his tenure, further destabilizing an instauration that is already generously described arsenic dysfunctional, writes The Post’s Paul Kane. Per our colleague:

Loud booing. Animated conversations successful the aisles of the House chamber. Sleeping children. Lawmakers scrolling connected their phones.

The emblematic unrecorded watercourse from the U.S. House is focused connected the dais and the desks from which members of each enactment code the chamber. But this week brought an antithetic magnitude of play arsenic the American nationalist watched lawmakers conflict to prime a caller speaker.

And that’s mostly acknowledgment to C-SPAN, writes The Post’s Camila DeChalus. Per our colleague:

You tin work the afloat communicative here.

Analysis: McCarthy has received the astir beingness votes for talker since 1913

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