Rezi Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 First Ballot: Hakeem Jeffries (D) - 212 Jim Jordan (R) - 200 Steve Scalise (R) - 7 Kevin McCarthy (R) - 6 Lee Zeldin (R) - 3 Tom Cole (R) - 1 Tom Emmer (R) - 1 Mike Garcia (R) - 1 Thomas Massie (R) - 1 1 absence, that being R Gus Bilirakis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Rezi said: First Ballot: Hakeem Jeffries (D) - 212 Jim Jordan (R) - 200 Steve Scalise (R) - 7 Kevin McCarthy (R) - 6 Lee Zeldin (R) - 3 Tom Cole (R) - 1 Tom Emmer (R) - 1 Mike Garcia (R) - 1 Thomas Massie (R) - 1 1 absence, that being R Gus Bilirakis I think the GOP had their token resistance. I see the following situations: 66% chance they get enough support for Jordan to win it. 30% chance they start rallying around an alternate 4% chance Democrats reach an agreement for a moderate. I think this could go only 2 ballots. I'll be surprised if this goes to double digit ballots. That said, I thought Jordan was going to have the votes on this ballot, lest they wouldn't have even voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, vcczar said: I think the GOP had their token resistance. I see the following situations: 66% chance they get enough support for Jordan to win it. 30% chance they start rallying around an alternate 4% chance Democrats reach an agreement for a moderate. I think this could go only 2 ballots. I'll be surprised if this goes to double digit ballots. That said, I thought Jordan was going to have the votes on this ballot, lest they wouldn't have even voted. Sounds like Jordan is going to both gain and lose some votes on a second ballot. Cant say for the future but I don’t see much improvement for him today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 Second Ballot: Hakeem Jeffries (D) - 212 Jim Jordan (R) - 199 (-1) Steve Scalise (R) - 7 Kevin McCarthy (R) - 5 (-1) Lee Zeldin (R) - 3 Tom Emmer (R) - 1 Mike Garcia (R) - 1 John Boehner (R) - 1 (+1) Byron Donalds (R) - 1 (+1) Kay Granger (R) - 1 (+1) Candice Miller (R) - 1 (+1) Bruce Westerman (R) - 1 (+1) Tom Cole (R) - 0 (-1) Thomas Massie (R) - 0 (-1) Bilirakis came back from his absence and voted for Jordan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 The best thing for me is to analyse the scattered votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pius XIII Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I would really like to know who thought voting for John Boehner was a good idea… at this point does anyone else thing that Patrick McHenry will be voted in because he is already the acting speaker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Some are angry the Colin Kaepernick isn’t getting consideration for Speaker. Just kidding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 36 minutes ago, Pius XIII said: I would really like to know who thought voting for John Boehner was a good idea… at this point does anyone else thing that Patrick McHenry will be voted in because he is already the acting speaker? Boehner got a vote from Pennsylvania's Mike Kelly. IIRC it actually got cheers from some Dems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortKing Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Byron Donalds is in his second term as a Rep and has received around 140 votes for Speaker this Congress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I'm kind of wondering what happens if the Dems all agree to nominate someone like John Kasich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Flake, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, Larry Hogan, or Charlie Baker. Would enough GOPers join in to settled the race? The issue is that Gaetz could keep prompting a removal vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largo833 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, vcczar said: I'm kind of wondering what happens if the Dems all agree to nominate someone like John Kasich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Flake, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, Larry Hogan, or Charlie Baker. Would enough GOPers join in to settled the race? The issue is that Gaetz could keep prompting a removal vote. From what I've heard, the Dems will most likely only help elect a GOP Speaker if the deal includes changes to the House rules that give them more power- presumably things like the ability to schedule floor votes rather than leaving that power with just the Speaker. If they were able to work out such a deal, I'm sure it would also involve changing the rules to increase the threshold required for a motion to vacate. As for the likelihood of enough Republicans signing on to that sort of deal, I think it's an eventual possibility, but it's going to take a lot more failed ballots for them to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) Jordan has paused. Now seeking to give special powers to McHenry. https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1715021061463367762?s=20 Edited October 19, 2023 by Pringles Correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilight Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 17 hours ago, vcczar said: I'm kind of wondering what happens if the Dems all agree to nominate someone like John Kasich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Flake, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, Larry Hogan, or Charlie Baker. Would enough GOPers join in to settled the race? The issue is that Gaetz could keep prompting a removal vote. A removal vote is only successful if the Democrats vote for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Endorsing special powers for McHenry is a very weak move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pius XIII Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, ConservativeElector2 said: Endorsing special powers for McHenry is a very weak move. This was McHenry’s plan all along /s 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Pius XIII said: This was McHenry’s plan all along /s Another reason why Star Wars always will be the best. Except maybe for Lord of the Rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilight Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 All right, look, there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 Third Ballot: Hakeem Jeffries (D) - 210 (-2) Jim Jordan (R) - 194 (-5) Steve Scalise (R) - 8 (+1) Patrick McHenry (R) - 6 (+6) Lee Zeldin (R) - 4 (+1) Kevin McCarthy - 2 (-3) Tom Emmer - 1 Mike Garcia -1 Bruce Westerman - 1. 4 Absences. Brian FItzpatrick, Tom Kean, and Marc Molinaro make up the new defects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 Jim Jordan loses a secret ballot at the GOP Conference, which means that he is no longer Speaker-Designate. They're going to break for the weekend and vote for a new Speaker-Designate sometime next week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pius XIII Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 GOP House right now… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilight Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 As someone who lives in Austin Scott's district, I say he'd be a fine Speaker of the House for the Republicans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 I'm just hoping it's someone that will be the least influenced by Matt Gaetz or Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaHale Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Amash would be perfect but no repub or dem would vote for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 Tom Emmer is the new Speaker-Designate. I’d like to see him take it, he’s left of McCarthy and was the least bad Republican in the race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Emmer is like the least interesting choice of those 8/9, who were in the mix. My favs for this round would have been Donalds, Johnson and Gary Palmer - before he dropped out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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