Steve HermanSeventh-round nominations for House speaker: McCarthy (D-CA), Jeffries (D-NY) and Donalds (R-FL).
In seventh round voting, McCarthy again fallsshort of the threshold to become speaker. Only drama remaining is how many votes will Donalds continue to receive from rebel Republicans.
Seventh round of voting for House speaker:
Jeffries (D) - 212
McCarthy (R) - 201
Donalds (R) - 19
Trump - 1
(One Republican member voted 'present')
An eighth round is coming up, according to several GOP members of the House.
shanenYeah, it's a funny show, but it's getting sad...
What if they scraped up five or ten old-fashioned REAL Republicans and the new gang nominated Liz Cheney for Speaker of the House? Why shouldn't the Democrats go along with the joke?
(Because she's wrong on so many of the issues and because her father is despicable, so be careful what you joke for...)
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