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.
We're on to the eighth round nominations. If any of the nominees change or the roll call begins to go in a different direction than previous rounds I'll let you know.
Eighth round results of roll call vote for House speaker:
Jeffries (D) - 212
McCarthy (R) - 201
Donalds (R) - 17
Hern (R) - 2
Trump - 1
(One member voting present)
All indications from the House floor are we're headed this afternoon for a ninth ballot.
Same trio nominated for ninth round voting for House speaker.
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ningunx@w7voa I have a question: are federal agencies allowed to provide constituent casework assistance to Members-elect?
MartinC@w7voa This is crazy. What does McCarthy hope is going to change?
Bob
Jay 🚹🔝🔞@w7voa bah gawd, King.... Is that Herns music playing?! 😆
crumbcake@w7voa are they just going to keep doing this over and over until the sun explodes?
A small surprise now as Boebert (R-CO) rises to nominate Hern (R-OK) as speaker after McCarthy (R-CA), Jeffries (D-NY) and Donalds (R-FL) were again nominated for the ninth round.
Again, McCarthy (R-CA) falls short of gaining the needed votes to become speaker while the ninth round roll call continues in which Republicans split their votes among three nominees. Next, there'll be at least a 10th round or an adjournment.
Unofficial results of the ninth round of roll call voting for House speaker:
Jeffries (D) - 212
McCarthy (R) - 201
Donalds (R) - 17
Hern (R) - 3
(One member voted present)
Piet Boon@w7voa McCarthy has 200 (still looking for the member who didnt vote)
Doug Bostrom
Mark K@w7voa maybe it's easier to convince some R to vote for Jeffries.😉
Agora@sphericalcyclist @w7voa I have been saying this since yesterday!!
Deege@w7voa Surely a 10th vote will make the difference.
Toots McGee
RealGravitas -Citizen Saboteur@w7voa Did the count change? Kevin’s number dropped to 200. They’re at 433 total.
Martin@w7voa when will the Democrats support a moderate Republican to end this stupid show of of the extreme right?
Cenobyte 
@w7voa 10th now
ChefAleks@w7voa can they just give it to Jeffries and move on?
A.U. Freeman@w7voa Live view of the Matt Rosendale speech on the house floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug&ab_channel=lbtve
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! Speech from Network (1976)
SpaceLifeFormIf voting "present" counts as a nominee, then yes, the gopers are voting on three choices.
Only Spartz is showing leadership so far.
Just need 11 more gopers to vote "present".
@w7voa I thought politics was mad in the UK
Jon@w7voa clown show
@w7voa this is just another grenade
Erryn Pollock@w7voa As a lifelong Okie, I can vouch for any suspicion that anyone she nominates is indeed out of their lunatic minds.
Scott Berry ☑️@w7voa what an absolute shit show
Magick Man@w7voa The definition of insanity??
Sam 🐝
Kirk Haggerty@KHaggerty @w7voa
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Sinner BOFH
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@w7voa Is anything likely to change? It’s hard to see what will - so what’s the point keep holding votes until someone KNOWS they have the votes to win?
@w7voa at 3 failed votes a day we will reach a new record of 134 failed ballots on April 7th. Mark your calendar
The Richie Rich@w7voa isn’t a speaker supposed to be able to count votes? Didn’t he learn anything from #SpeakerPelosi?
⚡️ Kozmo Voted Blue ⚡️Gaetz voting for tfg last two votes. Lots of boos on the previous vote when trump result was announced.
The Chaotic Good 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖖
Keri Ford@w7voa So after a night of deliberations they tried the same strategy to see if they got different results?
Tody MotmotYou should have seen the front page of the Hill yesterday. Must have been a trumper's turn on shift to write the headlines! "Republicans report they are on the verge of a breakthrough..." 😁
Snowflake In ChiefWhen Kevin drops out this will be over instantly. The whole country is being screwed because of one Republican's ego. What else is new?
@w7voa Trump? 😂
Tracy
Hector Rodriguez@w7voa In other parliamentary systems when this kind of stuff happens they hold new election. Really puts politicians in their place when you threaten them to take it back to the voters.