choosing whether to vote for kevin mccarthy, lauren boebert has been critical of mccarthy. if he could get these folks to vote present, he could hold out. if he could flip one to yes or mccarthy. they are confident thangd get there. and even matt gaetz who is considered a never, ever, ever, kevin in that camp, he said, at this point, there s nothing else really they could ask of him because he s essentially given in to everything they ve demanded. that gives you a glimpse into just how much kevin mccarthy has given in terms of concessions. in the final moments it s been a pressure campaign to grind down the remaining opposition and to try and convince them to at least vote present as they head to the final vote here, anderson. we talked about this in the
will get the vote. the longest speaker s race that we ve seen since the mid-18 hundreds. but, they believe they ve gotten there. the question will ultimately be on which members ultimately flip. you showed the six on your screen, some of those, they will need all members come and vote for a specific candidate, they will need four of those six. but, there are other strategies now being discussed, including urging some of those members to vote present doing that lowers the voting threshold. then that s how many members ultimately decide to vote present . all those discussions happening hind the scenes. after the vote tonight, the mccarthy team putting out word to the members to prepare for a late night. he will finally make the speech accepting the gavel and make a speech to the full house and
last hour, some of the lengths to which some members have made to get to this vote tonight. attendance has been so important today, because the margins are so slim, there s no room for error, democrats is making sure that every singing member is here to vote against mccarthy and mccarthy allies are making sure that they re here to vote for mccarthy. it shows you how high stakes they are. leslie stakes who had a new baby just a few days ago. he was hoping to go home, he did, as far as we understand, did go home and have to come back for the vote. another member, ken buck had a pre-planned medical procedure, and he texted moments ago, he landed and is back in the capital. and even on the democratic side, after shoulder surgery this morning and came
made on the hard right. potentially protect defense programs. on the powerful house rules committee that sets the terms of legislation and amendments and also on other key issues, namely, the debt limit. that is going to be a huge issue in the new congress. what mccarthy agreed to is to pair the raising debt limit with spending cost, that s a red line for democrats in the senate as well as in the white house. that fight will wait for another day as mccarthy had to make these promises, anderson, in order to secure the speakership which is something he believes he will have in an hour or so. melenie zanona is also at the capital. six gop holdouts, who among them have indicated they may switch votes or vote present. kevin mccarthy it s team is looking at rosendale, and
member to force a vote to remove a speaker. i know that s happened in the past, also raising the debt ceiling it s going to require spending cuts. with respecting the motion to vacate, this is restoring a rule that was in place over 100 years. nancy pelosi is the one who changed the rules. this is just restoring the rules that were there prior to nancy pelosi. the difference between five and one as evident over the last few days is nothing. i mean, obviously, five people can clearly come together if they wanted to do a motion to vacate. in all honestsy, and sincerely, i don t think there s a different between one and five. the issue with the debt ceiling, obviously we need to pay our doubt but the reality is nancy pelosi and chuck schumer exploded the national debt and