GOP's McCarthy voted down time after time for House speaker
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday, unable to either elect their leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or come up with a new strategy to end the political chaos that has tarnished the start of their new majority. Yet McCarthy wasn’t giving up, even after the fourth, fifth and sixth ballots produced no better outcome and he was left trying to call off a night-time session.
Even that was controversial, as the House voted 216-214 — amid shouting and crowding —to adjourn for the night. “No deal yet,” McCarthy said shortly before that as he left a lengthy closed-door dinner-time meeting with key holdouts and his own allies. “But a lot of progress.” No progress at all was evident though the day of vote-after-vote-after vote as Republicans tried to elevate McCarthy into the top job.
The ballots were producing almost the same outcome, 20 conservative holdouts still refusing to support him, and leaving him far short of the 218 typically needed to win the gavel. In fact, McCarthy saw his support slip to 201, as one fellow Republican switched to vote simply present. Seeing no quick way out of the political standoff, Republicans voted abruptly late in the day to adjourn for a few hours as they desperately searched for an endgame to the chaos of their own making.
They were due back in the evening, but McCarthy wanted to take a break until Thursday. “I think people need to work a little more,” McCarthy said. “I don’t think a vote tonight would make any difference. But a vote in the future could.” But even a simple motion to adjourn erupted into a floor fight, with Democrats and some Republicans insisting on a lengthy vote.
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Am putting this here for posterity since they changed it now -
CSPAN just mentioned Tapper tweeting that someone was going to put Scalise up for nomination and that is when the call for adjourning came up.
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House GOPer tells me there was talk of a fellow McCarthy-supporter nominating @SteveScalise to be Speaker tonight, which is one of the reasons @GOPLeader McCarthy called for immediate vote to adjourn until noon Thursday
8:22 PM · Jan 4, 2023
Article and headline of course updated.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday, unable to either elect their leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or come up with a new strategy to end the political chaos that has tarnished the start of their new majority. Yet McCarthy not only wasn’t giving up, he was sounding optimistic after calling off a night-time session.
“No deal yet,” he said as he left a lengthy closed-door meeting with key holdouts. “But a lot of progress.” No progress at all was evident though the day of vote-after-vote-after vote. For a fourth, fifth and sixth time, Republicans tried to elevate McCarthy into the top job as the House plunged deeper into disarray. But the votes were producing almost the same outcome, 20 conservative holdouts still refusing to support him, and leaving him far short of the 218 typically needed to win the gavel.
In fact, McCarthy saw his support slip to 201, as one fellow Republican switched to vote simply present. Seeing no quick way out of the political standoff, Republicans voted abruptly late in the day to adjourn as they desperately searched for an endgame to the chaos of their own making. They were due back in the evening, but the House was at a standstill. “I think people need to work a little more,” McCarthy said. “I don’t think a vote tonight would make any difference. But a vote in the future could.”
McCarthy, the California Republican, vowed to keep fighting despite the grueling spectacle, unlike any in modern times, that threw the new majority into tumult a day earlier. Animated private discussions broke out on the chamber floor between McCarthy supporters and detractors searching for an endgame. “Well, it’s Groundhog Day,” said Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., in nominating McCarthy on the sixth ballot.
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This election must be rigged! Those Repukes are so corrupt, you know there are 7 who can be bought! Let's gerrymander their asses! They did it to us, now it's time to get even!
Umm... The FY 23 Approrpriations bill was signed by the President on December 29, 2022 after the thing was actually put on a plane with a staffer, and flown to St. Croix, U.S. VI, where he was on vacation (so he could sign it 'in person" vs through an auto-pen).
So there is no "pay issue" due to the clown show in the House.
The Senate is pretty much "In recess subject to the call of the chair" (with pro forma sessions every 3 days) and with no expectation to do any actual work until near the end of the month AFTER the MLK Holiday (Jan 16). They won't be back in session for votes, etc., until January 23 - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/2023_schedule.htm
Tentative 2023 Legislative Schedule
118th Congress, 1st Session
The tentative schedule for 2023 has been announced. The list below identifies expected non-legislative periods (days that the Senate will not be in session). The schedule is also available in calendar format (pdf image). The 2022 tentative schedule is still available.
Date | Action | Note
Jan 2 | New Year's Day Observed
Jan 3 | Convene
Jan 4 - Jan 20 | State Work Period Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - Jan 17
You might have missed when Biden was in OH yesterday with Sherrod Brown,Turtle, et. al, to discuss infrastructure funding for one of the bridges going between Cincinnati, OH and Covington, KY.
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Pres. Biden calls McConnell “a man of his word” for being among 19 Senate GOP’ers who helped get bill passed in 2021.
On working w/ newly divided Congress, Biden says, “We can work together, we can get things done, we can move the nation forward, we just have to drop our egos…”
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A stunning split screen:
Biden, McConnell, fmr OH GOP Sen Rob Portman, KY Dem Sen Sherrod Brown, OH’s GOP Gov Mike DeWine & KY’s Dem Gov Andy Beshear tout bipartisan successes over the last 2 yrs as chaos grows among House GOP’ers blocking McCarthy’s speakership bid a 4th time.
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1:39 PM · Jan 4, 2023
from Covington, KY
For a history lesson, just observe what is going on as it hasn't happened in a century.
