. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we won t know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. if anything it would probably b a couple of votes short, but progress is real tonight at thi hour. no doubt you the american peopl are being patient, but the patients is wearing thin. the vote totals remain unchange for three straight days for a 200 publicans supporting mc carthy 20 supporting somebody else in the past 24 hours might kevin mccarthy has made several additional assurances to the holdouts, thi is before these meetings today including eight new one-vote threshold for motion to vacat
committee process. gary palmer s proposal to cap spending on suspension bills, scott per s proposal for additional conference meetings ahead of key votes. the proposal on standalone appropriations bills, and a big proposal limiting for suspensio waivers from perry jim rice proposal to keep cosponsors amendment in order, a firm 70 t hour publication of bills befor calling for great and into remote participation in committee work by members of congress. gate let me be clear, kevin mc carthy is the odds on favorite to become speaker, now some members have stated that they will not vote for mc carthy no matter what, these quotes never kevin s whatever you want to call them, they nip they don t have a plan to install another speaker as a matter of fact almost every day they nominate somebody else, there is no with the motion to vacate and all these other concessions and complete agreement on the agenda as it relates to investigations, his