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Jordan earned 1 much ballot successful the 3rd circular of voting than helium did successful the second, suggesting absorption to McCarthy is not waning arsenic the day fades and the prima sets. 

Jeffries received 212 votes, portion McCarthy received 202 and Jordan earned 20. 

With Republicans successful a wide stalemate, the way guardant isn't clear. 

McCarthy mislaid different ballot successful the 3rd ballot erstwhile GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, of Florida, switched his ballot from McCarthy to Jordan. Donalds had pledged to ballot for McCarthy connected the archetypal 2 ballots but not aft that.  

Donalds is the archetypal Republican to power his ballot from McCarthy to Jordan. The Republicans who voted against McCarthy connected the archetypal 2 ballots appeared to beryllium holding beardown and person continued to ballot against him, meaning McCarthy is connected way to person 20 Republicans ballot against him connected the 3rd round, up from 19 successful the archetypal 2 rounds. 

— Zak Hudak, Caroline Linton, Kathryn Watson 

The House records representatives' votes successful alphabetical order. In circular 3 of the speakership vote, by the clip the House reached "C" successful the alphabet, Jordan had already received six votes from House Republicans — courtesy of Reps. Biggs, Bishop, Boebert, Brecheen, Clyde and Crane. If those votes clasp again, it volition beryllium capable to vessel McCarthy's chances for a 3rd time. 

The Republicans who voted against McCarthy successful the archetypal 2 rounds look to beryllium voting against him again successful the 3rd round.

Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise nominated McCarthy again, his 3rd nomination, astatine 4 p.m. ET. Scalise gave a nominating code for McCarthy urging unity. 

Democrats broke retired into chants of "Hakeem!" arsenic Aguilar nominated Jeffries for a 3rd time.

Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas nominated Jordan again, mounting up the 3rd ballot of McCarthy vs. Jeffries vs. Jordan. 

Paul Pelosi, the hubby of erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told CBS News that helium is "feeling well" 2 months aft helium was brutally attacked by an assailant successful their location with a hammer. He has lone been seen successful nationalist a fewer times since the Oct. 29 attack, which near him hospitalized.

Nancy Pelosi gaveled successful Tuesday's session, her past enactment arsenic House speaker. When asked astir the Republicans' nonaccomplishment to elite a speaker, Pelosi said "that's their problem." 

She said that they "respect the institution," and she hoped that "out of respect for the institution," Republicans would "resolve their differences due to the fact that they person the majority." 

 As the day continued with nary resolution, McCarthy told reporters the Republican Party is "unified," contempt 2 failed ballots. 

"We're unified," McCarthy said. "This isn't astir me. This is astir the league present due to the fact that the members who are holding retired … they privation thing for their idiosyncratic selves."

 McCarthy yet again failed to person a capable fig of votes to beryllium the adjacent speaker, this clip with each Republicans who didn't ballot for McCarthy voting for Jordan. 

Nineteen Republicans voted for Jordan, the aforesaid fig of Republican McCarthy detractors arsenic the archetypal round. 

McCarthy received 203 votes, portion Jeffries received 213 votes, the aforesaid fig arsenic the archetypal round. 

It's unclear what the House volition determination to bash next, arsenic the GOP appears to beryllium successful an interior stalemate. 

Republican Rep. Bob Good, of Virginia, who has voted against McCarthy successful the archetypal and 2nd rounds, told CBS News the bloc of GOP lawmakers who opposed McCarthy's bid to beryllium talker volition "never backmost down." So far, successful the 2nd round, 19 person formed a ballot for Rep. Jim Jordan, alternatively than McCarthy, thwarting his bid to beryllium House speaker.

Good says Republican holdouts privation a "reluctant warrior" to beryllium speaker. Good accurately predicted Rep. Jim Jordan would summation votes connected the 2nd ballot. And helium is calling connected McCarthy to propulsion retired of the race. Good said the "sooner McCarthy pulls retired … the amended it is for the country."

The GOP faction isn't adding immoderate caller dissenting votes connected the 2nd ballot, and not each of the holdouts look to beryllium successful negotiations with anyone. Rep. Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, who is among those voting against McCarthy, sat successful his seat mostly unsocial during the caller break.

McCarthy, meanwhile, has not betrayed overmuch successful his facial expression, beyond a flimsy smirk arsenic votes spell against him among the GOP conference.  He's not looking astatine – oregon making oculus interaction with – the GOP members voting for others for speaker.

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre's archetypal question during Tuesday's property briefing, which is taking spot during the 2nd ballot, said President Biden "certainly volition not insert himself" by commenting connected the authorities of the House vote. 

"Look, arsenic you know, the president served arsenic a U.S. legislator for 34 years and helium understands however this process works," Jean-Pierre said. "He surely volition not insert himself successful this process. We are looking guardant to moving with legislature colleagues including Democrats, Republicans and independents this twelvemonth and the caller Congress, obviously, to proceed to determination the state guardant for the American people."

McCarthy's chances of winning connected the 2nd circular diminished, arsenic Rep. Jim Jordan won the enactment of astatine slightest 8 Republicans aboriginal successful the voting. Reps. Biggs, Bishop, Boebert and Gaetz, who nominated Jordan, were among the GOP members voting against McCarthy. 

McCarthy tin lone spend to suffer 4 votes.

Rep. Jim Jordan stood to dependable enactment for McCarthy, saying Republicans request to unify. 

But that could person backfired. Rep. Matt Gaetz stood to nominate Jordan, eliciting uproarious enactment from galore of his GOP colleagues. 

If Jordan receives important GOP support, McCarthy volition inactive neglect to unafraid capable votes connected the adjacent ballot. 

Now that nary 1 has clinched capable votes to go speaker, the House has proceeded to the 2nd circular of voting. 

In this round, Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, roseate to nominate McCarthy again, and Rep. Matt Gaetz nominated Jordan. Jeffries, who had the astir votes successful the archetypal round, is besides running. 

"No substance however galore times it takes, Kevin McCarthy," New York Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said successful announcing her ballot successful the archetypal round, sensing that it could beryllium a agelong day ahead. 

Ahead of immoderate caller votes, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was spotted connected the House level chatting with the precise blimpish Rep. Paul Gosar. The Congresswoman from New York was besides spotted speaking with GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz. 

Nineteen Republicans voted for idiosyncratic different than McCarthy successful the archetypal circular of voting, making it truthful nary nominee reached a bulk of votes. McCarthy received 203 votes, portion Jeffries received 212.. 

Jeffries received much votes than McCarthy, but inactive failed to scope a bulk of votes, since members did not transverse enactment lines. 

That forces the House to different circular of voting. 

During the House GOP league gathering earlier Congress convened, McCarthy raised his dependable arsenic helium made an impassioned plea to Republicans, telling them helium has "earned" the speakership, 2 sources acquainted with the gathering told CBS News.

He besides listed each the concessions helium has made successful trying to triumph implicit holdouts. At 1 point, McCarthy suggested that a ballot against him was a ballot against the volition of the bulk of the conference. Later successful the meeting, McCarthy allies asked what further concessions helium could marque to triumph the votes of Gaetz, Goode and others, and the effect was that determination were none. 

McCarthy has mislaid astatine slightest 7 votes successful the archetypal circular truthful far, astir surely ensuring helium volition not triumph talker successful the archetypal circular of voting, unless determination are immoderate members who bash not vote. The Republicans helium mislaid see Rep. Dan Bishop, Rep. Andy Biggs and Rep. Lauren Boebert. 

Republicans who opposed McCarthy voted for either Rep. Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan oregon Rep. Jim Banks. Neither Jordan nor Banks was nominated for speaker.

Rep. Pete Aguilar, present the House Democratic caucus chair, said connected the level that "Democrats are united" astir Rep. Hakeem Jeffires, striking a wide opposition betwixt Democrats and Republicans. 

Aguilar said Jeffries "doesn't marque excuses" for a "twice-impeached erstwhile president," oregon "bend a genu to anyone who would question to undermine our democracy," apt a excavation astatine McCarthy. 

"Hakeem's enactment benignant is rather elemental — dispersed love. It's the Brooklyn way," Aguilar said of the Democratic leader. 

Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the GOP league chair, officially nominated McCarthy to beryllium talker astatine 12:35 p.m., to a lasting ovation from a immense bulk of Republicans.

"No 1 has worked harder for this Republican bulk than Kevin McCarthy," Stefanik said.

She praised him for a winning grounds for Republicans and said helium could physique statement and called him a "proud blimpish with a tireless enactment ethic," to cheers from the bulk of the conference.

Members of the House, caller and old, gathered and greeted each different arsenic they voted to found a quorum successful the House chamber. 

The House needed, and established, a quorum successful bid to determination guardant with a ballot for speaker. The quorum telephone was established astatine 434, the full fig since the decease of Rep. Don McEachin. 

Many members brought their young children with them to the chamber. 

Outgoing U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her gavel arsenic she arrives for the commencement of the 118th Congress successful the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building connected January 03, 2023 successful Washington, DC.  / Getty Images

In her past enactment arsenic House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi gaveled successful the commencement of the league to a lasting ovation. Pelosi volition inactive beryllium representing her district, but she declined to question a enactment relation successful the 118th Congress. The determination the mode for a caller procreation of Democrats to instrumentality over, led by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. 

Her husband, Paul Pelosi, is successful the enclosure to ticker the proceedings, according to CBS News newsman Scott MacFarlane. 

Republicans emerged from their 9:30 a.m. league gathering with some sides adhering to their positions conscionable earlier the caller Congress convenes. McCarthy told reporters afterward that the gathering was "intense," but that helium wouldn't beryllium held hostage by the Freedom Caucus and said helium was prepared for a conflict connected the House floor.

"There's times we're going to person to reason with our ain members, if they're looking astatine — for lone positions for themselves, not for the country," McCarthy said. He added that implicit the past 2 months Republicans had been moving to make rules that empower each members of Congress, "but we're not empowering definite members implicit others."

He besides said of the connection from far-right Freedom Caucus members, "I volition ever combat to enactment the American radical first, not a fewer individuals that privation thing for themselves. So, we whitethorn person a conflict connected the floor. But the conflict is for the league successful the country, and that's fine."

Gaetz reiterated his opposition, saying, "Everything I heard hardened my resoluteness that this municipality desperately needs change. And if it's a fewer of america who person to basal successful the breach to unit it, we are consenting to bash truthful for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes."

McCarthy told reporters earlier heading to the House level that he's "not going anywhere" erstwhile asked if helium would enactment successful the race. "We did person an aggravated league and it's aggravated for a purpose," McCarthy said. "We person worked for a agelong time." 

McCarthy said that past nighttime helium was presented with an accidental to get to 218 by a radical of Republicans "if I provided definite members with definite positions, definite gavels to instrumentality implicit definite committees to person definite budgets."

"Well, that's not astir America, and I volition ever combat to enactment the American radical first, not a fewer individuals that privation thing for themselves," McCarthy said. "We whitethorn person a conflict connected the floor.  But the conflict is for the league and the country, and that's good with me."

– Rebecca Kaplan, John Nolen

Aside from the president, the House talker is arguably the astir almighty fig successful the United States government. The talker besides is adjacent successful enactment to the presidency aft the vice president.

Any Republican House talker volition beryllium successful a presumption to artifact oregon negociate cardinal legislation, peculiarly utile for Republicans with a Democratic-controlled Senate and a Democrat successful the White House. 

The House talker controls the legislative agenda, determining whether a measure makes it to the level oregon dies earlier a ballot tin beryllium taken. 

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy entered a GOP league gathering astir 9:30 a.m.

"We are going to person a bully time today," helium told reporters erstwhile asked if helium has the votes to beryllium the adjacent speaker. 

McCarthy besides laughed erstwhile reporters asked if he'd backmost GOP Rep. Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, for talker if helium fails to unafraid the indispensable votes. 

To triumph the speaker's office, McCarthy indispensable unafraid the bulk of votes, which means helium could triumph with less than 218 votes if immoderate members ballot "present" oregon are absent. 

It remains to beryllium seen whether immoderate Republicans volition simply take to ballot "present" oregon enactment distant from the Capitol wholly to let McCarthy to triumph without their support. 

Meanwhile, Democrats are expected to formed their enactment down Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, voted to beryllium the apical House Democrat by the Democratic Caucus past month. 

McCarthy won the GOP nominee for the speaker's contention past month, defeating Biggs with 188 votes. Thirty-one Republicans voted for Biggs.