{"id":1794463,"date":"2023-01-04T07:19:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794463"},"modified":"2023-01-04T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:19:55","slug":"bringing-down-the-house-mccarthy-falters-in-quest-to-become-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bringing-down-the-house-mccarthy-falters-in-quest-to-become-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy&#8217;s Quest to Become Speaker: McCarthy Fails To Bring Down The House"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbringing-down-the-house-mccarthy-falters-in-quest-to-become-speaker%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=1794463&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>Multiple votes for House Speaker ended in a tie Tuesday. This leaves House Minority Leader. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy\u2019s<\/a> (R-CA) latest attempt to take the gavel in doubt as night fell in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was appointed to the House after it adjourned at noon Wednesday in an attempt to end the deadlock. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona\/status\/1610440587756601344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly started making calls<\/a> Prior to an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1610439149890244608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected House GOP conference meeting<\/a> In the morning. \u201cWe stay in until we win,\u201d McCarthy spoke to reporters as the third and final vote was underway. The numbers \u201cwill change eventually,\u201d He also added before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/new-congress-sworn-in-2023\/h_b64b1d7c7b83d4ef36f36406e51d73f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stating to CNN<\/a>, \u201cI know the path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Votes will continue to be cast until a speaker has been elected. The 118th Congress has a pause in which House members can be sworn in. This will prevent any legislative business or committee assignments from being completed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/03\/house-speaker-election-congress-mccarthy-1856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy continues to be determined in his pursuit of Rep. Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s (D-CA), replacement as speaker. But, his most prominent backer, former President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/03\/trump-refuses-to-say-if-he-still-backs-kevin-mccarthy-for-house-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to say<\/a> during a Tuesday evening interview whether he still supports McCarthy\u2019s faltering bid. The turmoil follows McCarthy\u2019s ill-fated 2015 run for speaker, which ended with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) ascending to the role after McCarthy dropped out upon being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2015\/10\/07\/freedom-caucus-backs-webster-for-house-speaker-in-blow-to-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected by a group of hard-line conservatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The threshold for a nominee to win the speaker\u2019s gavel is 218 votes, but that number could\u00a0decrease if members vote \u201cpresent,\u201d You decline to vote or are absent. House Republicans, who have a 222-seat majority in the new Congress session, are less flexible after a weaker-2022 midterm election. McCarthy has offered a few suggestions over 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>Includes <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. Nine House Republicans rejected his offers. <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 an open letter Monday opposing<\/a> McCarthy\u2019s bid, saying \u201cspecific commitments\u201d These were never fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday saw Democrats vote as a bloc in support of Rep. Hakeem Jeffreys (D-NY), with 212 votes. McCarthy received only 203 votes. During the third round, Rep. Byron Donalds joined 19 Republican holdouts who were absent in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is Rep. Kevin McCarthy doesn\u2019t have the votes,\u201d Donalds tweeted following the third vote. \u201cI committed my support to him publicly and for two votes on the House Floor. 218 is the number, and currently, no one is there.\u201d Donalds demanded a recess in order to allow the Republican conference. \u201chuddle and find someone or work out the next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reality is Rep. Kevin McCarthy doesn\u2019t have the votes. He has my support publicly, and I gave him two votes on the House Floor. 218 is the number. Currently, there is no one. Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps\u2026(1\/3)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1610394080118247429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All GOP defectors backed Jim Jordan (R OH), after the first round. Jordan, who is set to become the chairman of House Oversight Committee&#8217;s powerful House Oversight Committee in the near future, has supported McCarthy so far and even nominated McCarthy on the second ballot. Jordan claimed Tuesday that Jordan is aware of the possibility. \u201cno\u201d Chance he will be a speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, was formerly chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.\u00a0<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 received only 10 votes in Tuesday&#8217;s first round, before the Jordan holdouts settled for Jordan. Some other names were also considered possible candidates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2023\/01\/03\/mccarthy-suffers-historic-humiliation-in-speaker-vote--is-steve-scalise-up-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana\u2019s Steve Scalise<\/a>The No. 2 House Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3796840-three-possible-speakers-in-waiting-to-watch-if-mccarthy-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)<\/a>And even more <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/12\/30\/speaker-race-headed-toward-dramatic-floor-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newly-retired Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)<\/a>A speaker does not need to be an elected member.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-19-republicans-block-kevin-mccarthys-bid-for-house-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans holdouts beyond Donalds included<\/a> Biggs. Dan Bishop (NC), Lauren Boebert.CO), Josh Brecheen.OK), Mike Cloud. Texas. Andrew Clyde. Georgia. Bob Good. Virginia. Paul Gosar. Arizona. Andy Harris. MD. Anna Paulina Luna. FL. Mary Miller. Illinois. Ralph Norman. SC. Andy Ogles. Scott Perry. Matt Rosendale. MT. Chip Roy. Keith Self.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bacon means me the \u201cTaliban\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well\u2026.as hurtful and false as that is\u2026.I too am prepared for an extended battle that I will ultimately win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zW7fLqj6tr\">https:\/\/t.co\/zW7fLqj6tr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1610420656620929028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GOP conference is boiling at the seams. \u201canger,\u201d According to Rep. Don Bacon (R\u2013NE), who called these individuals the \u201cTaliban 19, Taliban 20,\u201d And claimed they had given \u201cnothing in return\u201d McCarthy has made concessions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1610420656620929028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by Fox News\u2019 Chad Pergram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz retorted on Twitter and said, \u201cWell\u2026.as hurtful and false as that is\u2026.I too am prepared for an extended battle that I will ultimately win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple votes for House speaker ended with no winner Tuesday, leaving House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) latest attempt to take the gavel in doubt as night fell in the nation\u2019s capital. In an effort to break the stalemate, after the House adjourned until noon Wednesday, McCarthy reportedly started making calls ahead of an expected &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1794466,"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":[8940,6202,8126,3653,3663,7563,13154,5654,6195],"class_list":["post-1794463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-bring","tag-daily","tag-fails","tag-house","tag-mccarthy","tag-mccarthys","tag-quest","tag-speaker","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\/1794463","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=1794463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1794463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1794463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}