in this moment it s unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnn s capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. let s check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now they re worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage even more support on a potential fourth ballot. yeah, that s been the reason why there have been active suggests to try to delay today s vote, move to adjourn the house immediately as they come into session at noon. but here s the problem. they don t have the votes to do that and i just talked to two republican members of the leadership team who just left kevin mccarthy s office, richard hudson and tom emmer. both said the vote will happen at noon. they expect that to happen and the reaso
The Hawaiʻi House of Representatives officially adjourned sine die on Thursday, marking the end of the 32nd legislative session. Throughout the past four months, House leaders said the chamber made significant progress on the priority areas of affordable housing, financial relief for low-inome families, mental health services, and protecting Hawaiʻi’s natural resources. “The Legislature delivered priority legislation that […]
in this moment it s unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnn s capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. let s check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now they re worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage even more support on a potential fourth ballot. yeah, that s been the reason why there have been active suggests to try to delay today s vote, move to adjourn the house immediately as they come into session at noon. but here s the problem. they don t have the votes to do that and i just talked to two republican members of the leadership team who just left kevin mccarthy s office, richard hudson and tom emmer. both said the vote will happen at noon. they expect that to happen and the reason why they
discharge petition to force the house vote on the $10.10 minimum wage. he pointed out there were no republicans lining up to sign on. when i left the chamber there was a long line of members signing the discharge petition. i regret to observe that in that line were only democrats. congressman jim clibert of south carolina and long-time advocate of raising minimum wage and also joining us is casie hunt. congressman, i m curious is this an issue for the democrats or a victory? if you win you win before november, before the house adjourns. if you don t win you talk about it. what is the goal? win or talk about it in the election? it is always to win. i would much rather see the people on main street of america, those hard working men and women get the raise they deserve. that s why we are doing this. we believe that to raise the
was a long line of members signing the discharge petition. i regret to observe that in that line were only democrats. congressman jim clibert of south carolina and long-time advocate of raising minimum wage and also joining us is casie hunt. congressman, i m curious is this an issue for the democrats or a victory? if you win you win before november, before the house adjourns. if you don t win you talk about it. what is the goal? win or talk about it in the election? it is always to win. i would much rather see the people on main street of america, those hard working men and women get the raise they deserve. that s why we are doing this. we believe that to raise the minimum wage will lift a couple of million people out of poverty. it will affect 60% of the people