Rep. Jimmy Gomez brought an important guest with him as the House votes on a new speaker: his son Hodge. 'Kids are our legacy,' says Gomez. 'He represents millions of kids that don’t have the privilege of being on the floor.'
With the Republican conference still divided between a pro-McCarthy majority and 20 anti-McCarthy members, the House has chosen to adjourn until 8 p.m.
The vote count for this round was unchanged from the previous two rounds: McCarthy won 201 votes, Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries won 212 votes and Rep. Byron Donalds, the current GOP protest candidate against McCarthy, won 20 votes.McCarthy says: 'We're gonna break ...
Off the House floor during the sixth round of voting, which McCarthy looked set to lose as well, he told reporters that"we're gonna break in a little then go meet" when asked what's next. He did not give any other specifics. He spoke to reporters, saying he's here to pitch himself as a consensus speaker candidate if he's needed and said he plans to speak to members about it. LinkRep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the chair of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, nominated Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., for speaker in the sixth round of voting.
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