concessions are really the two big pieces, one is that motion to vacate the chair that we have talked so much about. lowering the threshold to just one vote. by any member who brings forward this idea of getting rid of the current speaker. scott perry in the break between these votes talked about that this is oversight for the speaker. and making the case that speaker, he or she the most powerful person in congress, and needs constant oversight, okay, you re going to get it. by the way, if it is attendance problems, it makes it that much more important every single day of your congress going forward, because there is also no more proxy voting so you better have all of your butts in all their seats if you want to make sure that your speaker isn t accidentally voted out on a day where you re not paying attention. the other part of it is the composition of the rules committee. and an agreement appears to be in place where members of the freedom caucus will be guaranteed seats on the rules
lauren boebert, the next one, we re watching for, is eli crane and steve, if he votes jordan we will need some present votes in order for mccarthy to win. i think it is over if he vote force jordan because gaetz, given the posture, unless gaetz did something that would shock the world, that would be four votes against mccarthy, even if he got the other three, he would be short. just in terms of where crane comes up in the order here, taking a look here, we got a little bit of a ways to go. we re probably about 35 names from crane right now. but yes, crane looms large. if crane were to flip, gaetz and good have looked like two of the most dug in here, you know, then harris and then rosendale, it would be a, it would take a big surprise for mccarthy to pull it out on this ballot but crane obviously would be a big flip if they can get him. as we await for eli crane, an
mccarthy need? how many of these seven does he need to win the speakership? that s the other variable here. because you just saw how david trone, the democrat, how his return to the chamber raised the magic number to 217, and as we say, mccarthy has to get four from this list. what if that happened with one of the other two republicans? and what if ken buck from colorado came back, if he came back later today. and hunt, whether he came back. if only one of them comes back, okay, then there s 430, if one of those two republicans comes back, there s 4333 total voting member, and the magic number doesn t change. it stays at 217. so this is a little quirk here. it would be better for mccarthy if one of those two, huntz or buck, came back, because they both have been mccarthy supporters, and if one of them came back and voted for
0 good to be with you. i m katy tur. let s go right back to capitol hill, where the 13th vote is now starting. james comer of kentucky is now nominating kevin mccarthy once again. what really happened in that lab in wuhan, china. those of us who have kids in the public school system could testify that our kids have lost a year of their education because of the forced virtual learning that so many of our schools put our children through during the covid pandemic. congress ran the debt up at least $3 trillion in the name of covid-19. yet as i mentioned earlier, there has not been a single hearing in the oversight committee to deal with potential waste, fraud, or abuse of the covid funds. not a single hearing. and we all know, despite what dr. fauci said, american tax dollars were sent through eco health alliance, to the wuhan lab in china, for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on
to empower some of the members on the far right. one of the big chief demands is to give them more power over the speakership, allow for one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. he has given in for that. he s also agreed two members of the freedom caucus seats on the very powerful house rules committee. that committee says the parameters for floor debate, what legislation can come to the floor. those concessions, among other issues appear to be enough to win over some reps, assuming they sign off on all the details they ve been haggling about, but that is still not enough to get kevin mccarthy the 218 votes he needs. it could close the gap, but republican sources tell me that still mccarthy has to go member by member. there s some incoming freshmen, other members that still have concerns. to alleviate the concerns, and