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)
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..." 😁