.GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy on verge of clinching speakership as House convenes for 14th ballot
One more Republican, Rep. Andy Harris , decided to back McCarthy on the 13th ballot after the dam broke on the 12th, with 13 of the 20 holdouts flipping to McCarthy's column after he agreed to a set of concessions that will weaken his hold over the party should be become speaker.
McCarthy needs to convince two of the remaining six to change their votes to reach a majority and win the speakership, or else McCarthy will need multiple detractors to vote"present" to lower the 218-vote threshold to win the gavel.The six Republicans continuing to vote against him in the last round were Reps. Andy Biggs , Lauren Boebert , Eli Crane , Matt Gaetz , Bob Good , and Matt Rosendale .
They all voted for Rep. Jim Jordan , who himself is supporting McCarthy. While the 14 members who changed their vote Friday were holding out for more concessions on the rules, the ones still withholding their votes are against McCarthy on more personal grounds. For example, Gaetz has accused McCarthy of corruption several times in speeches nominating other candidates for the position.
The last time it took more than one ballot to elect a speaker was in 1923; it took a record 133 ballots in 1855.
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