That is why Hakeem Jeffries is the leader we need at this time to lead this chamber. Id like to nominate Hakeem Jeffries as speaker of the house. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore no further nomination, the reading clerk will call the roll. Adams. Jeffries. Aderholt. Jordan. Aguilar. Jeffries. Alford. Jordan. Allen. Jordan. Allred. Jeffries. Amodei. Jordan. Armstrong. Jordan. Arrington. Jordan. Auchincloss. Jeffries. Babin. Jordan. Bacon. Mccarthy. Baird. Jordan. Balderson. Jordan. Balint. Jeffries. Banks. Jordan. Barr. Jordan. Barragan. Jeffries. Bean of florida. Jordan. Beatty. Jeffries. Bentz. Jordan. Bera. Jeffries. Bergman. Jordan. Beyer. Jeffries. Bice. Jordan. Biggs. Jordan. Bilirakis. Jordan. Bishop of georgia. Jeffries. Bishop of north carolina. Jordan. Blumenauer. Jeffries. Blunt rochester. Jeffries. Boebert. Jordan. Bonamici. Jeffries. Bost. Jordan. Bowman. Jeffries. Boyle of pennsylvania. Jeffries. Brecheen. Jordan. Brown. Jeffries. Brownley. Jeffries. Buchanan. Donalds
Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day, i am Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. You have been following this step by step. Deja vu all over again on the house floor. A new vote for speaker once again ending in a deadlock as jim jordan comes up short. In fact, he actually lost ground when compared to the first round. 22 republicans opposing jordan this time compared to 20 yesterday. Two members, doug lamalfa and Victoria Sparts flipped and supported him. Four others went in the other direction, securing the defeat not just for congressman jordan but arguably for the far right as a whole. Now what . Joining us nbcs ali vitali on capitol hill, and steve kornacki, brendan buck an aid to former republican speakers paul ryan and john boehner whos an msnbc political analyst, and david drucker, Senior Writer at the dispatch. Okay, al what now . What are the conversations . What happens . Reporter once again, back to the drawing board, chris, and were waiting t
He is not only focused on one thing. I dont know anybody thats done more to highlight and talk about the border disaster that is underway right now as we speak. I had the privilege of serving here when jeh johnson was secretary of homeland security. I have a very high opinion of jeh johnson. I think he is one of the finest Public Servants i ever met. He was asked on one occasion to define what was a crisis on the southern border. He said any time you have more than 1,000 illegal entries a day, you have a crisis. We have 10 or 11 times that every single day. In that tide of humanity thats coming across, there is a boatload of fentanyl coming to kill Tens Of Thousands of all of our constituents. There are Human Traffickers who are taking advantage of young men and young women and, frankly, predators in our own country, and they are bringing them across, not by the tens or 20s or dozens, but by the hundreds and the thousands. There are amongst that flow of people, people that wish us ill,
The honorable kay graining aer of the state of texas has received one. The honorable Bruce Westerman of the state of arkansas. Has received one. A speaker has not been elected. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. What well see play out is anybodys guess. We have been talking with legislators throughout the course of this morning about the idea of expanding the current powers of the speaker pro tempore, Patrick Mchenry. Debate going on between republicans and democrats over that with the democrat from maryland, steny hoyer, on the steps of the capitol talking about this idea. What he thinks of t heres a portion of that. Mr. Hoyer we have to discuss what the terms of that are. But it was important for us to get the Congress Working on behalf of the American People. And the way we move forward is in a bipartisan fashion. Thats the way we are going to move forward. Thats wait well get the Congress Working thats the