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House GOP is now voting to kill the rule to change the voting threshold to 217 votes to nominate the speaker candidate, per members. It is currently set at 111 votes. — Manu Raju (@mkraju ...
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has clinched the Speakership. The ]win came on the 15th ballot, after a long day and moments of drama and chaos on the House floor. McCarthy garnered 216 votes.
Rep. Jim Jordan lost 20 Republican votes Tuesday in his first round of balloting for House speaker, creating an uphill climb to win the gavel. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling on ...
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the House's presiding officer, and the position is explicitly established by the Constitution of the United States. [10] The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position by a vote held during an active term.
In 2015, then-Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., filed a motion to vacate resolution, but unlike this one, it was "non-privileged" and never came up for the vote. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, resigned ...
Under the early rules of the House, the speaker was generally barred from voting, but today the speaker has the same right as other members to vote but only occasionally exercises it. The speaker may vote on any matter that comes before the House, and they are required to vote where their vote would be decisive or where the House is engaged in ...
SEE MORE: Rep. Jim Jordan seeks support ahead of House speaker vote The magic number we're looking for is 217. That's the number of votes needed to secure the speakership.
October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election .