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of that. [inaudible] [inaudible] well here is a bit more from nbc s aly tally. it s official. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california haven t received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was, easy yes? this chamber is not fully open for all americans to visit. it is the longest speaker vote in 100 years. the dramatic and twisting political melodrama not seen in the modern era. and, now the hard work begins. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. mccarthy allies expected in the clinch the speakership on the 14th ballot, thinking that they have the votes. a speaker has not been elected. shock reverberating throughout the chamber. as congressman matt gates held firm is the man standing in between mccarthy speakership. mccarthy himself begging for gates vote on the floor. congressman mike rogers, it mccarthy alla, being held ba ....
And that is actually a potential casualty that is too strong. but it has been hamstrung perhaps by the whole drama that we saw play out last week, because we now know that one of mccarthy s concessions is to give jim jordan his sort of prize of a subcommittee into the so-called weaponization of the government, and they re going to be hand packing and screaming at every move relative to the investigations of officials going forward. they will ask for info on ongoing investigations of the like. they won t get, it but they will set up all of these vitriolic conflicts with the doj. in fact, we are going from kevin mccarthy himself, saying last, night we will use the power of the subpoena. but i found that somewhat ironic given the fact that he did not respond to his old subpoena. and so to your, point we will see the information. so michael, the january six committee member jamie raskin, who told you that not only the footsoldiers, but also the king pence, but they need to be prosecuted. ....
Former president donald trump. take a listen to this. i do want to especially think president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning, somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there, and he was all in. he would call me and he would call us. he really was, i was talking to him tonight, helping get this final votes. so what we saw earlier in the week, julian, is the trump endorsement did not move the needle at all. when he was nominate for speaker, trump himself received only one vote. so what is trump s role? what is the standing in the party after this week? that s a great question, alex, i actually asked matt gates that exact same question yesterday when he started to hint that he would perhaps concede that mccarthy would win the gavel. and he made some joke about president trump beating john quincy adams, because john quincy adams got two votes for ....
You see some of them on your screen. the most important, as ally highlighted, was of course to force a motion to vacate. but that is not in place just yet. meaning, those holdouts who voted for mccarthy are not necessarily guaranteed that this package will pass. i was talking to a lot of moderate members who are concerned that mccarthy may have given away too much power to be able to govern as speaker successfully over the house. his slim for seat majority made that much more complicated with what these holdouts were able to get from him, including control over powerful rules committee who decides for procedures, spending, including the debt ceiling, which is a huge concern for democrats as well as they hold the majority in the senate. and so a lot of cash to watch, here and one member told me the last night s vote for speaker was actually the easy vote with what is coming ahead. okay, which brings me nicely to my question to you, katie, which is, let s take a look at the tweet that ....
They have the votes. a speaker has not been elected. shock reverberating throughout the chamber. as congressman matt gates held firm is the man standing in between mccarthy speakership. mccarthy himself begging for gates vote on the floor. congressman mike rogers, it mccarthy alla, being held back from lunging at gates. members pleading with the colleagues, even calling former president donald trump for backup. chaotic scenes we normally would not have seen if usual house rules have been in place. then, finally, gates assuring a beleaguered mccarthy, before all six holdouts moved as one on ballot number 15. dates, present. boebert? a. present. present. rosendale. present. present. but mccarthy s gavel came at a high cost. days of negotiations brought a long list of concessions from the would-be speaker to the right most flank of his party. ....