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I wouldn't be shocked if it takes a few weeks to elect a new speaker. The republicans are fucked. :lol:
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McCarthy Loses 4th Vote for Speaker
Source: The Hill
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday failed to secure the Speakership on the House’s fourth vote.

Preliminary vote totals showed him getting 201 votes, short of the 218 required to secure the gavel.

The 20 GOP McCarthy opponents, all of whom voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday, switched their votes to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).

…snip…

In a change from yesterday, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) voted “present.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3798 ... -on-day-2/
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McCarthy loses fifth speaker vote with bid for gavel increasingly in peril
by Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox,
January 4, 2023

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(CNN) Kevin McCarthy suffered yet another stinging defeat on Wednesday as he lost in the fifth round of voting to elect a speaker – a major blow that increasingly imperils his bid and heightens uncertainty over whether he can still secure the gavel or if a viable candidate will emerge as an alternative. The House is now moving to a sixth vote.
Read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politic ... ndex.html
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McCarthy Loses Sixth House Speaker Vote
by Scott Wong and Alex Seitz-Wald
January 4, 2023

Introduction:
(NBC) WASHINGTON — For a second consecutive day, a band of 20 ultraconservative rebels blocked GOP leader Kevin McCarthy from winning the speaker’s gavel, just hours after former President Donald Trump called on House Republicans to back him and "close the deal."

Between Tuesday and Wednesday, six votes were held on the House floor to choose a speaker; each time, the rebels stuck together and voted for someone else, denying McCarthy the 218 votes he needed to win.

Further Extract:
Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., nominated her fellow Freedom Caucus colleague, Donalds, saying she was not swayed by Trump — "my favorite president" — calling her to tell her to "knock this off."

"The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that, 'sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw,'" Boebert said of Trump to scattered boos.
Read more here: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congr ... rcna64154

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(USA Today) WASHINGTON –The House of Representatives adjourned without a speaker until 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday (January 4) as GOP leader Kevin McCarthy lost a sixth bid to become House speaker.
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/po ... 85244002/
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Donald Trump tells Republicans not to embarrass themselves: "Vote for Kevin."
Source: HuffPost
Donald Trump emphatically endorsed Rep. 0Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for House speaker on Wednesday and urged Republicans not to embarrass themselves after a revolt by far-right lawmakers led to a 0historic failure to elect anyone for the post the day before.

For the first time since 1923, the House failed to choose a speaker on the first ballot. In fact, House Republicans went three roll calls without reaching a consensus after a contingent refused to vote for him and instead backed more extreme GOP candidates. They’ll try again on Wednesday.

“VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY, & WATCH CRAZY NANCY PELOSI FLY BACK HOME TO A VERY BROKEN CALIFORNIA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The former president and current 2024 presidential candidate ratcheted up his plea on McCarthy’s behalf after the California lawmaker himself claimed Tuesday that Trump 0was backing him. But in an interview with NBC News, Trump offered a tepid “We’ll see what happens.”
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All but two McCarthy defectors in House are election deniers
Source: Washington Post

The two Republicans voting against McCarthy who are not deniers are Chip Roy of Texas, the only returning member in the group who did not oppose the certification of President Biden’s victory; and Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, a newcomer to the House.

The 14 returning election deniers who voted against McCarthy are: Andrew S. Clyde of Georgia; Paul A. Gosar and Andy Biggs of Arizona; Matt Gaetz and Byron Donalds of Florida; Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Mary E. Miller (Ill.), Andy Harris (Md.), Matthew M. Rosendale (Mont.), Dan Bishop (N.C.), Scott Perry (Pa.), Ralph Norman (S.C.), Michael Cloud (Tex.) and Bob Good (Va.).

The four newcomers who voted against McCarthy are Eli Crane (Ariz.), Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), Andy Ogles (Tenn.) and Keith Self (Tex.).

Throughout the midterm election cycle, The Post identified candidates as election deniers if they questioned Biden’s 2020 victory, opposed the counting of his electoral college votes, expressed support for a partisan post-election ballot review, signed onto a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 result, or attended or expressed support for the rally on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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The House has narrowly agreed to adjourn until Thursday, January 5.
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Republican McCarthy gains support in 12th U.S. House leadership vote
Source: Reuters

Republican Kevin McCarthy on Friday picked up some support from right-wing hardliners in the U.S. House of Representatives who have blocked his speakership bid, but it did not appear to be enough to end the deepest congressional dysfunction since before the Civil War.

In a 12th round of voting in four days, at least 10 Republicans who have opposed McCarthy voted for him on Friday, in a sign that his prospects may be improving after he offered the faction a range of concessions.

But at least five fellow Republicans voted against him as the roll was called, meaning he would likely fall short of the votes needed to win the speaker's gavel.

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Despite his optimism, some fellow Republican lawmakers said they did not expect him to garner enough votes from the 20 hardliners to ensure a majority that so far has eluded him.
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House Speaker vote: House adjourns until 10 p.m. after McCarthy picks up 14 GOP holdouts
Source: The Hill

The House has adjourned until 10 p.m. after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), for the first time in days, picked up new GOP votes in his quest to become Speaker.

McCarthy gained the votes of 14 Republicans who had been casting ballots for other candidates and one who had been voting “present.”

With six holdouts, however, he was unable to secure the gavel on the 13th vote.

McCarthy, his allies and detractors will now return to negotiations as he seeks to close an increasingly narrow gap before a 14th vote.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3802 ... stalemate/
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Federal Court Orders South Carolina to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
by Brett Wilkins
January 6, 2023

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(Common Dreams) A portion of South Carolina's Republican-drawn congressional map discriminates against Black voters and must be redrawn, federal judges ruled Friday to applause from civil rights groups.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for South Carolina in Columbia found that "race was the predominant motivating factor in the General Assembly's design of Congressional District No. 1 and that traditional districting principles were
subordinated to race."

"Charleston County was racially gerrymandered and over 30,000 African-Americans were removed from their home district," the judges added.

Conclusion:
South Carolina's 1st Congressional District is represented by Republican Nancy Mace. Murrell Smith, the GOP speaker of South Carolina's House of Representatives, said he believes the judges' ruling will be appealed, and that the congressional map was drawn "without racial bias and in the best interest of all the people of this state."

Federal courts have recently struck down congressional maps in Alabama and Louisiana for racial gerrymandering. The U.S. Supreme Court has intervened to block the Alabama and Louisiana rulings, sparking fears it will do the same with South Carolina.
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