{"id":1793079,"date":"2023-01-02T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793079"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:34:14","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-moves-into-speakers-suite-with-bid-for-gavel-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-moves-into-speakers-suite-with-bid-for-gavel-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Moves Into Speaker\u2019s Suite With Bid For Gavel Uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-mccarthy-moves-into-speakers-suite-with-bid-for-gavel-uncertain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793079&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Although The race for House speaker remains unsettled, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is already moving into the speaker\u2019s suite.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a video of a man carting a stack of blue containers in what appeared to be the U.S. Capitol, NBC News\u2019 Haley Talbot reported McCarthy \u201chas moved into\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/Blog\/2015\/November\/11-10-Ceremonial-Office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suite of offices<\/a> If he loses Tuesday&#8217;s vote, he will have to return all of his belongings. In fact, boxes from McCarthy\u2019s office were spotted being transported to the speaker\u2019s suite as early as last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/02\/politics\/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-struggle\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy, the GOP Leader, has moved into the speakers&#8217; suite. However, if he doesn&#8217;t secure 218 he will have his stuff back out.\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllieRaffa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AllieRaffa<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lb2swMgQ2p\">pic.twitter.com\/Lb2swMgQ2p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotnbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haleytalbotnbc\/status\/1609961070860374020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This activity marks the beginning of the new year, in which Republicans win control of the House with a narrow margin. McCarthy didn&#8217;t go into details, but did show confidence when reporters pressed him on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we will have a good day tomorrow,\u201d McCarthy stated.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q: Are Speakers&#8217; Votes Locked in? <br \/>KM: And take all the excitement away? <br \/>Q: Are you able to vote? <br \/>KM: I believe we will have an excellent day tomorrow<br \/>Q: Leader McCarthy, would you be willing to make further concessions in return for your votes?<br \/>KM: *sigh* hope you all have a nice new years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6HFLAUME7\">pic.twitter.com\/k6HFLAUME7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotnbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haleytalbotnbc\/status\/1609976811039121409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McCarthy is in a good position to be selected by his peers to replace Nancy Pelosi (D.CA) as House Speaker. Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee Chairwoman, said McCarthy seems to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rnc-boss-ronna-mcdaniel-sees-path-to-victory-for-kevin-mccarthy-in-speaker-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201con track\u201d to winning<\/a> In a Sunday interview.<\/p>\n<p>There are other options. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-mccarthy-not-so-fast-some-republicans-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handful of GOP holdouts<\/a> who threaten McCarthy\u2019s bid.\u00a0McCarthy has offered his support in the last few days. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/rules-package-highlights\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=1\/2\/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&#038;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concessions to woo conservatives<\/a>All inclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/02\/mccarthy-speaker-vote-rule-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making it easier<\/a> To remove the House speaker. Despite his attempts to woo the House speaker, nine House Republicans refused. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/9-republicans-write-open-letter-opposing-mccarthy-two-days-before-house-speaker-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter opposing<\/a> McCarthy\u2019s bid saying \u201cspecific commitments\u201d There are still some things missing.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans have a 222-seat majority in this new session of Congress, McCarthy needs only 218 votes to win the speaker\u2019s gavel. If members vote, the threshold for securing a majority would be lower. \u201cpresent,\u201d You can&#8217;t vote or decline to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, was formerly chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/andy-biggs-to-challenge-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker-position\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has presented himself as an alternative candidate<\/a> McCarthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/12\/30\/speaker-race-headed-toward-dramatic-floor-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roll Call reports<\/a> There is a backup plan that a group Republican could use to work with Democrats in order to nominate Fred Upton, a retired Rep. (R-MI), for speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the race for House speaker remains unsettled, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is already moving into the speaker\u2019s suite. Sharing a video of a man carting a stack of blue containers in what appeared to be the U.S. Capitol, NBC News\u2019 Haley Talbot reported McCarthy \u201chas moved into\u201d the suite of offices and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1793082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7564,6202,12936,3660,3663,5368,7779,12935,12937,6195],"class_list":["post-1793079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-bid","tag-daily","tag-gavel","tag-kevin","tag-mccarthy","tag-moves","tag-speakers","tag-suite","tag-uncertain","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}