United States Congressman Matt Gates Until Friday was still a holdout, unwilling to endorse California Republicans Kevin McCarthy for the Speaker of the House.
Gates could only vote “present” with Congressmen, even if an agreement was apparently reached on Friday night. Lauren Bobert of Colorado. Although this lowered the majority threshold, McCarthy still failed to get past his 50% and the House prepared to adjourn. But then the Republican leadership reached some new reckonings and prepared for another vote.
(Note: Currently, all members of the House of Representatives carry the title of “Member-Elect” until a new Speaker is elected and a Member of Parliament takes office).
Ahead of the historic 12th congressional ballot, Fort Walton Beach Republicans have nominated the US House of Representatives instead. Jim Jordan as a choice.
In his nomination speech, Gates spent as much time criticizing outgoing minority leader McCarthy as he praised Jordan.
“We do not trust Mr. McCarthy’s power because we know who he uses it for, and we are concerned that it is not for the American people. We are,” Gates said. “We trust Jim Jordan. I will nominate him and vote for him.”
The resistance from Gates came despite negotiations with leaders of the House Liberal Caucus, which eliminated much of the opposition to McCarthy within the Republican caucuses.change won fellow florida man like a US congressman Byron Donalds with Naples Anna Paulina Luna of St. Petersburg.
Still, three other members of the House of Representatives joined Gates in supporting Jordan.Another of his three Republicans endorsed the next U.S. Congressman Kevin Hahnan Oklahoma Republican who has just been nominated chairman of the Conservative Party Republican Research Commission. Notably, Jordan and Hahn consistently vote for McCarthy.
The 12th ballot did not yield a majority winner, as Republicans cast seven votes for candidates other than McCarthy. McCarthy won his 213 votes and was elected to the US House of Representatives. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic chairman candidate received 211 votes.This is at least the first time McCarthy has more votes than Jeffries, but protest voters made them clear never intended It provides a window for Democrats to seize power.
On the 13th ballot, McCarthy increased the number of votes to 214, but fell short of a majority as Gates and five others continued to cast protest votes for Jordan without nominating him.
Gates has had a tough relationship with McCarthy for years, insisting that his main demand was for McCarthy to drop out of the race while negotiations continued.
On the floor, Gates explained why he felt negotiations with the House Liberal Caucus were disingenuous, despite members including the caucus chairman. Scott Perrygoes with McCarthy in the latest poll.
“Regardless of how you view me, I want all my colleagues to know how impure some of these negotiations have been,” Gates said. The main purpose of those opposing Mr. McCarthy on the Republican side is that they do not believe that the rules of this place unlock the potential for all members to vote on individual bills and on the Appropriations Act. to propose amendments to the
When those concerns were raised with McCarthy, he said: He asked if people wanted more appropriations committee participation. He claimed that he was trying to force
This week, McCarthy accused Gates of being willing to do so. Vote to the Democrats while demanding the appointment or chairman of a subcommittee. Gates called it a “lie.”
Friday’s speech poll was Gates’ second vote nomination 4 days until Jordan.he on thursday nomination former president donald trump.
Gaetz and Boebert cast their votes late Friday, effectively signaling their exclusion from the voting pool. McCarthy won enough advance holdouts to amass his 216 votes. This amounts to exactly half of the voters in the House on his 15th ballot.His other four protest votes were split between Jordan and the US Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona.
In dramatic fashion, Gaetz waited until near the end of the poll to cast an attendance vote. But if one more vote, or one more Congressman from either side of the aisle, didn’t skip the ballot, McCarthy couldn’t get more than the majority he needed.
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