the honoring kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [applause] the honoring jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. [applause] no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by sur name of speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. the gentleman is recognized. [applause] the gentleman is recognized. thank you, madam clerk. we all came here to get things done. to get big things done. to solve the problems. i hope when we get through today that all of the members on both sides of the aisle will join together with us to solve the problems, to address inflation that is crushing middle class families, to get control over spending that is driving unflagrants will the gentleman yield? will the house be in order? and we all know what those problems are. we ve been talking about them for
about to get underway. doesn t look they did a big closed door conference in the middle. so whether or not they were able to wrestle until votes in one direction or another, we ll find out on round number 3. our coverage continues throughout the day here. that s the story for now, tuesday, december 3. the story goes on. see you back here in new york tomorrow at 3:00. neil: all right. if at first you don t succeed, try and try again. you might be trying again and again and again as we re encounters a third vote to decide who will lead the house of representatives right now. this is supposedly up to republicans to decide. the way they have been going and in the latest period, all 19 house republicans voting for somebody other than kevin mccarthy. let s go right now to the house as they prepare potentially for a third vote. received 212.