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Any speaker who picks up the ball. if it s not going to be mccarthy, whoever any consensus candidate might be will also be stuck, if you will, with the same concessions that he has made. i think the question on everybody s mind is mccarthy or somebody else who is elected speaker, can they govern the house? can they govern this body? can they pass appropriations bills, an increase in the debt limit and the debt ceiling? how does that work? that s very much up in the air. it s clear mccarthy has made progress today. i doubt we will end the day with a new speaker. the real question is going to be when these votes happen, are are the never kevin caucus s that caucus ever going to break. are those votes ever going to be enough to elect him. ....
0 good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. it s january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and taking cover as thousands stormed hallways fuelled by former president trump s false claims that the election was stolen. if the house had not chosen a speaker and had not sworn in its members two years ago or two years from now, the electoral college vote would not be counted. america would not have a new president. this hour, there is some movement according to multiple republican sources with kevin mccarthy giing away more power and picking up some votes. he still does not have the now 217 to ....