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)
⚡️ Kozmo Voted Blue ⚡️Gaetz voting for tfg last two votes. Lots of boos on the previous vote when trump result was announced.
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