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So here we go again...

Please direct all comments and links regarding the actual VOTING to this thread.

Edit Confirmed, Mike Johnson is the next speaker after running the table of all present and voting Republicans, 220 to Hakeem Jeffries 209.

If you'd like to know more about Mike Johnson, here's a good link:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/who-is-mike-johnson-republican-2020-election

I'll leave this pinned for 24 hours so everyone can catch up, then take it down.

1st vote count is in:

Hakeem Jeffries - 212 (217 needed to win)
Jim Jordan - 200
Steve Scalise - 7
Kevin McCarthy - 6
"Others" - 7

Jordan could have only lost 4 votes, he lost 20.

2nd vote:

Jeffries - 212
Jordan - 199
Scalise - 7
McCarthy - 5
Zeldin - 3
"Others" - 7 (one each)

Edit 3rd vote is in, House in recess.

Jeffries - 210
Jordan - 194
Scalise - 8
McHenry - 6
Zeldin - 4
Donalds - 2
McCarthy - 2
"Others" - 3 (1 each)

Matt Gaetz has vowed to oppose expanding the powers for McHenry:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4265284-gaetz-will-do-everything-possible-stop-empowering-mchenry/

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[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's a long shot, but Moderate Republicans and McCarthy supporters could cast a vote for Democrat Jefferies as a FU to the Freedom Caucus. They would likely be able to get things done as a result.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, I'm really don't understand why this didn't happen last time.

Surely there have to be a few Republicans in Blue leaning districts that just barely got voted in and are at risk of losing their seat next election.

There is just so much to gain by putting country above party under those circumstances.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'd lose their primaries. Republicans have gotten to the point where if you can win a primary, you can't win the general unless it's a red state.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's really shitty how they let that happen. But they had multiple opportunities to prevent it and took literally none of them.

[–] baggachipz@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Oh sweet summer child

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That will never happen. It's much more likely IMHO for Democrats to throw some votes at a moderate Republican to get them over the line. Not Kevin, probably not Steve Scalise.

Becoming Speaker is only part of the story, though. The Speaker sets the agenda (meaning the day's schedule) but that agenda is subject to a vote and needs a majority every single time. So any Democrats who support a Republican (or vice versa) would have to be relied on to vote in favor of that speaker's scheduling, otherwise nothing can be scheduled.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is very unlikely to happen, but still more likely than any Republicans voting for Democrats.

[–] donuts@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The only way one side is voting for the other's nominee is if they get a deal with some real concessions. I don't see it happening.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile in Canada we just got free (covered) dental care for youth, and will be getting a pharmacare plan because 1 party needed the others support to govern and gave concession.

Imagine what they could actually do in the US if they actually worked together out of this madness.

Edit: There's gotta be hundreds of things moderates in both parties could agree to as concessions for joint support.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Gotta try this guy at least a dozen times first.

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jeffries was picked by the House Democrats. It's not a long shot, it's 100% fever dream impossible that any Republicans would just vote for the Democrat option.

The long shot is getting a group of half moderate Republicans and half moderate Democrats and picking a Republican speaker who is moderate. That's not going to happen either.

The barely realistic possibility of bipartisan Speaker votes is a few moderate Democrats vote for a Republican candidate.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jeffries is probably closer than Scalise.

When they finally do a vote, I can see the ranking of Jeffries #1, Scalise #2, whoever else is dumb enough to run #3.

With none of them getting 217, but Jeffries hitting 209 or 210.