Here's what we know about the stalemate for the speaker of the House.
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The House remained gridlocked Thursday after Republican lawmakers were unable to herd their majority behind a speaker candidate for a third consecutive day since the new Congress convened.
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy failed to meet the needed 218-vote threshold on five separate ballots as he tied – and then vaulted past – a 100-year record for one of the longest speaker races.
McCarthy's foes pushed the California Republican into the history books after the ninth ballot made this one of the longest speaker battles. He lost three ballots each on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In 1923, it took Massachusetts Rep. Frederick Gillett nine rounds of voting to win his speaker bid. This time, the House will have to go to at least a 12th ballot – the most since before the Civil War.
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Suddenly,
Watching paint dry has become more appealing…….
Or watching reruns of Matlock and Gilligan’s Island with installed Resident the Big Guy, who thinks they’re all new episodes
This wouldn’t be happening if someone hadn’t been installed
No one has been installed since Congress installed trump in 2016 when he didn’t win the popular…
I love this game show called “American Distraction”
how about just voting for a good candidate ?
It’s frozen for a Great reason.. Who’s side are you on ?
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What to know? You guys left out the fact he hangs out with schwab in Davos.
Try a bag of Pringles today. With the tastey flavor you love, but with less fat than the OTHER guys 🥔🧄🥐🥜
All we want is a republican speaker who won’t ally with Democrats to take basic and fundamental human rights from us
Please, no one is talking basic human rights from anyone. I mean, besides the right to vote (more a civil right, really); health care; for women, autonomy over their own bodies….You know you may be on to something. But it seems Republicans are to blame…
@anlouden168 Very strange how none of those rights were lost yet every day they chip away and the basic human right that is the right to arms. Despicable that any right is up for grabs but we do need to focus on the one they are banding together to violate.
God is allowing all this because it is exposing the wickedness. It’s waking us up so he can do a new thing❤
This had nothing to do with God.
Republicans in disarray. And we have Benedict Biden as president. Up coming Movie?
What to know is that they are ALL worthless.
Good he doesn’t to run the country
He already won in November you fools tell them
Yes. A different way…it’s called fascism.
Is this kindergarten or revenge. How sad and tiring..ridiculous..get on with it and take care of the American people. Which hasn’t been happening for 2 years. I have no respect for this circus.