Andy Biggs of Arizona, who announced the rival speaker bid Matt Gaetz of Florida Bob Good of Virginia Matt Rosendale of Montana and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. The five Republican members-elect who initially said they wouldn't vote for McCarthy were Reps. Such a scenario would likely be an embarrassment to the incoming Republican majority, who will govern the chamber with a narrow hold while seeking to be a check on Senate Democrats and the White House, whom they hope to investigate.Ī contentious speaker vote that leads to gridlock could also be a preview of Republican struggles to pass government funding and deal with the government's debt limit, which are key obligations of Congress but which divide some conservatives. Unless a House majority moves otherwise, all that would be allowed to happen is for Johnson, the clerk, to keep calling votes for speaker, and Johnson would remain clerk for the entirety of the process until a speaker is chosen. The House votes for speaker before rules are set for the next Congress, so everything from swearing-in lawmakers to voting on legislation to setting up key committees will be put on hold until that is resolved. The Californian has already offered significant concessions, though it remains unclear how the final votes will tally. That means McCarthy will need 218 votes if all members-elect remain present and can only afford four GOP defections - and he's currently grappling with more than a dozen. Republicans, after a disappointing midterm cycle, initially hold a narrow 222-212 majority in the new House, with one vacancy. It's the first time a speaker hasn't been elected on the first ballot in 100 years.
Nineteen Republicans voted for neither nominee 10 of those voted for Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., a protest candidate against McCarthy. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy of California is making his second run at the speakership, but he is facing resistance from enough hardliners in his party that he failed to seize the gavel on the first ballot, with 203 votes to 212 votes for Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. The House began voting shortly after noon on Tuesday to determine who its next speaker will be - though, so far, the vote has created more uncertainty around who will ultimately win.
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