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• Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for speaker after spurning Emmer.
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• Rep. Scott Perry: Speaker vote "could go into the weekend. We hope it doesn't."
• Sessions eliminated after first round of voting, Emmer receives most votes
• McCarthy confident he'll clinch speaker's gavel Friday night: 'I'll have the votes'
• The Hitchhiker’s guide to what’s going to go down tonight with the speaker’s election

However, some Republicans have insisted they will never give McCarthy their support. On the specifics of the deal, Fitzpatrick said, "It's with the rules package... it's the guardrails around the budget process, and then making sure that committee assignments are distributed throughout... the conference." McCarthy will need at least 11 votes if he's going to become House speaker. Rep.-elect Michael McCaul of Texas said Thursday he thinks about half of the 20 Republicans will be swayed by the deal, which means McCarthy might still have to chip away at the remaining opposition. Because some Republican members are expected to be absent on Friday, the deal may not be able to be finalized until early next week. The deal also includes a requirement that legislation must be introduced for 72 hours before it can be passed and a guaranteed vote on term limits, according to Rep.-elect Ralph Norman of South Carolina.

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Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for speaker after spurning Emmer.

"And listen, nothing's gonna come together quickly. But I think we're slowly making progress." Rep.-elect Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., a top ally to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, said Thursday "we're slowly making progress" on a deal with the House Freedom Caucus. Fox News Digital captured video of Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., walking out of a House Freedom Caucus meeting Thursday morning. Boebert stressed McCarthy still "doesn't have 218," the number of votes necessary to become speaker.

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McCarthy says he does not expected another vote on House speaker right away. “What we want to do is have assurances on paper about what the process is and how to deliver these conservative reforms that I think the conference will appreciate and endorse,” he said. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries had the unanimous support of his caucus. Kevin McCarthy was defeated again in the 11th round of voting for House speaker.

Rep. Scott Perry: Speaker vote "could go into the weekend. We hope it doesn't."

Gaetz remained unswayed by Trump's endorsement despite the pair being longtime allies. Republican senators are calling on their fellow party members in the House to move forward with selecting a new House Speaker following Tuesday's three inconclusive votes. Rep.-elect Victoria Spartz of Indiana was the only member to vote “present,” a move that changes the dynamic of the vote.

Last call came, before the Republicans voted to go to a 15th ballot instead of adjourning — an unexpected opportunity for another viewing party. Any candidate for speaker can lose only a handful of votes and still win the speakership because Republicans hold such a small majority in the House. In a secret-ballot vote on Tuesday night, Mr. Johnson got 128 votes, with 44 Republicans voting for nominees not on the ballot, including 43 for Mr. McCarthy, whom many view as unfairly ousted. Still, in a separate vote afterward, only a few Republicans indicated they would not back Mr. Johnson on the floor, while about 20 Republicans were absent. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, who voted for Majority Leader Steve Scalise on each of the three ballots during House voting last week, said he plans to back Johnson when the lower chamber convenes to elect a new speaker.

Sessions eliminated after first round of voting, Emmer receives most votes

Rep.-elect Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was nominated for the speaker post by Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who asked if continued attempts to elect McCarthy were an "exercise in vanity." Perry, chair of the HFC, tweeted he switched his vote in good-faith after reviewing McCarthy's renewed plan for speaker. The House of Representatives is moving into a 13th round vote after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., flipped 14 GOP holdouts to his side last ballot. Democrats have voted in unison for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., as Republicans debate whether to elect House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. While on his way to support Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House, embattled Rep.-elect George Santos refused to answer lingering questions about his exaggerated campaign biography.

McCarthy confident he'll clinch speaker's gavel Friday night: 'I'll have the votes'

The three Republicans and other hard-right members of the conference are furious at the speaker for bringing up votes to provide aid for Ukraine, particularly without U.S. border security provisions attached. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., nominated McCarthy to be speaker at the start of the third round of voting. He said Republicans were elected to help Americans coping with inflation and energy insecurity, and said the best way to do that is to vote for McCarthy. Donalds voted in favor of McCarthy becoming speaker for the first two rounds of voting, as 19 Republicans broke away to vote for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. In the third vote, Donalds joined them, and the chamber abruptly adjourned for an overnight recess. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, says leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., "burned himself" by attacking his Republican critics during Tuesday's three failed votes to elect him speaker.

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Californians can return ballots by mail, drop them at collection boxes or turn them in at voting centers. They can also cast ballots early at voting centers or wait until Nov. 8 to vote at their neighborhood polling places. Opponents of the tax, who include The Times’ editorial board and former county Supervisor Michael Antonovich, say the proposed tax and how the revenue would be spent are vague and not fully fleshed out, while also representing a decent-sized jump in people’s tax bills. Others say this amounts to an added subsidy for funding improvements related to the 2028 Olympics, and for opponents of that events, the measure is a nonstarter. Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that he spoke with Johnson on Thursday night to ensure the bill would clear the Rules Committee.

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Each had collected a handful of votes in early the vote – enough to deny McCarthy a 218 majority. At the end of the 10th vote, McCarthy had 200 votes, short of the 218 he needs. He had been collecting 201 votes, but Rep.-elect Ken Buck of Colorado traveled home for a medical appointment and was expected to be out until mid-day Friday or later. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz of Florida on Thursday nominated former President Donald Trump to be the next House speaker, as part of the 11th round of voting for a speaker. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz nominated Donald Trump as the next House speaker Thursday night. Rep.-elect Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, an ally of McCarthy’s, told reporters moments earlier that an agreement has been written and is currently being pored over by McCarthy’s side and members of the House Freedom Caucus.

A new deal could deliver some new votes to McCarthy that have so far been voting against him. "We BLOCKED Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House," Biggs reportedly wrote in the email. "...but now, we conservatives must lead the fight to get the leadership we deserve. Saving this country from Joe Biden and the Left is going to be tough. That's why we need a leader who has the record, skill, and ferocity to lead the House GOP."

He predicted they would cave and support Jordan by the end of the week after pressure from conservative voters who are being told to call member offices and close friends. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican and Jordan ally who has resisted party leadership in the past, said the holdouts on the House speaker vote would now be put through a “meat grinder” of pressure. The several times she ran for speaker, she faced a number of detractors in a closed-door conference vote but was able to clinch the gavel each time her nomination came to the floor vote. The House adjourned Tuesday evening after Jordan failed to garner enough Republican support to clinch the gavel in the first ballot for House speaker.

Republicans not on the ballot earned 34 "other" votes, while there were three "present" votes, according to Rep. Randy Weber of Texas. Reps. Roger Williams of Texas and Mark Green of Tennessee are no longer in contention for the speaker nomination after the second round of votes by Republicans. But the speech infuriated Mr. Trump, and Mr. McCarthy quickly worked to get back in the former president’s good graces, traveling to his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks later to meet with him. The relationship fissured after Jan. 6, 2021, when pro-Trump rioters attacked the Capitol stoked by lies of a stolen election, and Mr. McCarthy delivered a speech on the House floor condemning Mr. Trump’s role.

Eight Republicans backed that move along with Democrats, who remained united behind their own leader, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Republicans had cast aside two previous winners of their closed-door nominating process — Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio — before settling on Mr. Emmer. Only hours later, Mr. Emmer told Republicans in a closed-door meeting that he was dropping his bid, according to a person familiar with his decision who divulged the private discussion on the condition of anonymity. Mr. Emmer’s demise was the latest evidence of the seemingly unending Republican dysfunction.

WASHINGTON — A third House Republican has signed onto an effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from power, giving his opponents the votes they would need to remove the Republican leader unless Democrats step in to save him. "Given their unwillingness to break from MAGA extremism in an authentic and comprehensive manner, House Democratic leadership will vote yes on the pending Republican Motion to Vacate the Chair," Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York wrote to his caucus. McCarthy needs 218 votes from his Republican colleagues to secure the position.