Steve HermanBy my math, McCarthy needs every remaining vote to become speaker, including Gaetz and Gosar who haven't voted yet.
Gosar has voted for McCarthy in the past two rounds and is likely to do so again. If Getz votes for someone else, doesn't vote or votes present, then it goes to the 15th round.
There are also appeals to Boebert (sitting next to Gaetz) to change her vote from present to McCarthy.
"At one point a McCarthy ally, Mike Rogers of Alabama, stormed into the huddle and seemed on the brink of violence, but he retreated to a cloakroom off the floor." -- Paul Kane, Washington Post.
Trump apparently still attempting to play a role in whipping votes for McCarthy.
Something's up. Republicans changing their votes NOT to adjourn. Looks like we'll go to a 15th round.
No adjournment.
Round 15 nominations begin.
Biggs for the first time votes "present."
Crane (R), also for the first time ,votes present.
Gaetz votes present.
Bob Good (R-VA), for the first time, votes present.
According to Jonathan Allen of NBC News, Rogers, the incoming chair of the Armed Services committee, was furious with Gaetz for holding out for a subcommittee gavel on the panel but it's unclear whether that has been promised.
Name of Rosendale (R-MT) called twice but he doesn't respond. (He's always voted for someone else besides McCarthy in the previous 14 rounds).
One side of the aisle giving McCarthy a standing ovation. The other side silently observes.
"The Honorable Kevin McCarthy...is duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives," announces House Clerk Cheryl Johnson.
"Speaker McCarthy’s dream job could turn into a nightmare for the American people," says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. "To get the votes, he surrendered to demands of a fringe element of the GOP."
“No one gets promised anything,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has just told Dylan Wells of the Washington Post who asked about the tense encounter with Matt Gaetz.
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