LIVEBLOG: Speaker vote

[brooklynite]

Pelosi and McCarthy have been nominated. This will be a roll call vote rather than by electronic tally.

[Renew Deal]

1. BREAKING: Paul Ryan seen running out of the House in gym clothes yelling "I pick things up

and put them down"

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Thanks! Just switched from "Bewitched"!

[brooklynite]

3. Republican Justin Amash voted for Thomas Massie (R-KY) instead of McCarthy

Boos in the chamber

[rurallib]

5. Amash is a republican - McCarthy lost a vote, I believe

[rurallib]

4. for the cube rats

[brooklynite]

6. Biggs (R-AZ) votes for Jim Jordan

[brooklynite]

7. Brindisi (D-NY) votes for Biden rather than Pelosi

[herding cats]

8. Joe Cunningham will vote no on Pelosi also

He said he's voting for Cheri Bustos (D) as he said he would during his campaign.

[brooklynite]

9. Jim Cooper (D-TN) votes "Present"

[brooklynite]

10. Jason Crow (D-CO) votes for Tammy Duckworth

[MrsCoffee]

11. OMG the young girl who got so excited at vote for Pelosi!

I couldn't catch whose vote that was.

[deurbano]

70. That was Bella, Christine Pelosi's daughter. My daughter attends a lot of SF political events

and Christine brings Bella to a lot of them. My daughter says (and you could see!) that Bella is quite a character and also very sweet. One of the last times she saw my (adult) daughter, Bella invited her to the school play in which she was performing that afternoon! (She attends an SF public school.)

[MrsCoffee]

72. Aww, thank you for the details!

Adorable.

[brooklynite]

12. Paul Gosar of Arizona is second Arizona Republican to vote Jim Jordan

[brooklynite]

13. Currently 81-75 Pelosi

7 "other"
1 "present"

[barbtries]

14. i just tuned in and am hearing McCarthy an awful lot

are we going to be blindsided again?!

[rurallib]

17. relax - it's alphabetical

Pelosi can votes like no other

[barbtries]

18. 08Nov2016

like it was yesterday. i need to step away for a minute

[scheming daemons]

21. Republicans will vote McCarthy, Dems will vote Pelosi.... this isn't hard....

...and it isn't like an election in which you don't know the voters' wishes.

[barbtries]

53. okay.

i know you're right.

[mcar]

15. The visual difference between the sides is stunning

Seeing all these Democrats with their children is bringing me to tears.

[rustysgurl]

36. Probably because ...

they are a bunch of old, dried up white men whose children grew up and moved away LONG ago.

[barbtries]

16. this is scaring the crap out of me

i can't listen anymore. i am hearing mccarthy way too often.

[scheming daemons]

19. Are you really unable to mentally process that Republicans will vote for McCarthy?

... and that there are 199 Republicans there?


Relax.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. And a couple of them voted for Jim Jordan!

[barbtries]

58. i took a walk.

better now

[brooklynite]

20. Two more Republican votes for Jordan

[mobeau69]

25. Bahahahaha!

Whack jobs voting for whack job.

[brooklynite]

28. Tally now 143-126-12-1

[rurallib]

22. boy the contrast in visuals between their side and ours

one side is white, male and dressed in dark suits ...............

[brooklynite]

23. Jared Golden (D-ME) votes for Cheri Bustos

[brooklynite]

24. Conor Lamb votes for Joe Kennedy III

[scheming daemons]

27. He had Pelosi's blessing for that. It is a necessity in his district.

[brooklynite]

29. Coming up on the "P"s...who will Nancy Pelosi vote for?

[brooklynite]

30. AOC votes for Pelosi

[brooklynite]

31. Another vote for Jordan: Scott Perry (R-PA)

[brooklynite]

32. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) votes for Stacey Abrams

[33taw]

33. What is the current tally?

[bearsfootball516]

35. Here it is

Pelosi: 172

McCarthy: 147

Other: 15

Present: 1

[33taw]

38. Thx

[brooklynite]

34. Max Rose votes for Tammy Duckworth

[brooklynite]

37. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) votes for Marcia Fudge

[onenote]

42. Only 431 were present when they started to vote

One of the missing is the still vacant NC seat. Not sure who else wasn't there.

[brooklynite]

46. Jones is in the Senate

[brooklynite]

40. Pelosi needs 31 more votes

[honest.abe]

45. What is the magic number?

Thanks in advance.

[BumRushDaShow]

47. I believe 218. nt

[honest.abe]

49. Getting close.

[BumRushDaShow]

56. 1 more

[onenote]

64. actually, she only needed 215

429 members voted ("present" votes don't count). A majority of 429 is 215.

[BumRushDaShow]

65. Yes - CSPAN calculated the lower number based on how many were present

which was 431.

[brooklynite]

41. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) votes Cheri Bustos for Speaker

[brooklynite]

43. Spanberger votes for Bustos

[brooklynite]

44. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) votes "present"

[llmart]

71. Why didn't she vote for Pelosi?

[samnsara]

48. omg i cant watch!!!!!

[onenote]

50. ten to go.

[bearsfootball516]

51. She's almost there!!!!

[brooklynite]

52. Van Drew (D-NJ) votes "no" , whatever that means

[MontanaMama]

54. Maxine!!!!

Reclaiming her time!!!

[brooklynite]

55. 4 votes to go...

[brooklynite]

59. That's game!

218 votes

[Hermit-The-Prog]

67. hmm. Madame Speaker can count

She never looked doubtful leading up to this day.



Wish I could've seen it live. Thank you very much for keeping this running, brooklynite!

[BumRushDaShow]

57. She got it!

[mcar]

60. Woohoo!

[honest.abe]

61. Cheers!!!

[herding cats]

62. Yay!

Congratulations to Madam Speaker Pelosi!

[sprinkleeninow]

66. "Yeah baby, she's got it!!" 'SHOCKING BLUE'

[50 Shades Of Blue]

63. CONGRATULATIONS MADAME SPEAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[brooklynite]

68. Final House Speaker Tally:

Pelosi 220
McCarthy 192
JimJordan 5
Cheri Bustos 4
Tammy Duckworth 2
Stacey Abrams 1
Joe Biden 1
Marcia Fudge 1
Joe Kennedy III 1
John Lewis 1
Thomas Massie 1
Stephanie Murphy 1
"Present" 3

[LiberalFighter]

69. So she need 216 instead of 218 with this vote.

Total of all Republican votes 198