6/27/2023 0 Comments Senator andy harris![]() ![]() McCarthy huddled with Republican lawmakers Thursday morning before the House members-elect prepared to convene to vote on a candidate for speaker. “Everything's been discussed that's been on the table for a while and we'll see how it turns out,” he said. Gaetz, Boebert, Biggs, Crane and Virginia Republican Bob Good, who voted for Donalds until switching to Hern in the 11th, have all said they will never vote for McCarthy. On the 10th ballot, Republicans Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona, Andy Harris of Maryland and Matt Rosendale of Montana also switched to Hern and voted for him on the 11th. They continued to vote for Hern on the following ballots and were joined by Gaetz. Republicans Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma voted for Donalds on the seventh ballot but switched to Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern of Oklahoma on the eighth ballot. He nominated Trump on that last ballot, saying the former president could make the country “great again,” starting in the House. And one of his supporters missed the last three ballots Thursday.įlorida Republican Matt Gaetz voted for former President Donald Trump on the seventh, eighth ballots and 11th ballots. Most of McCarthy's Republican opponents continued to vote for Florida's Byron Donalds, but a few switched their votes. "I had the longest speech on the floor so apparently I like to make history,” he said, referring to 8.5 hour speech filibustering the initial House version of what eventually downsized into Democrats' climate, tax and health law. McCarthy joked about his fondness for setting historical records when asked about reaching that marker. The last time a speaker race took more than nine ballots to resolve was in the 1850s, before the Civil War, "when party divisions were more nebulous," according to the House historian. McCarthy's speaker quest hit a new historic mark Thursday when the ballots crossed into double digits. McCarthy has yet to win over 20 Republicans voting for someone other than him. The House adjourned Thursday evening until noon Friday after five more rounds of balloting - 11 since Tuesday - left McCarthy still far short of the votes needed to take the gavel. ![]() Some of GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s opponents began switching their votes in the ongoing speaker’s election Thursday, but those votes weren’t for him.
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