believe this is a vote on whether or not to adjourn and reconvene until noon tomorrow. congressman sessions, let me bring you back. is that your understanding what the vote is, a motion to adjourn? yes, sir. congressman tom emmer is recommending that house republicans vote to adjourn until noon tomorrow. that s what house republican leadership is recommending. go ahead. i would be for that also, as we need that time. what i would say to you is that the appearances of what we are talking about of the rules committee, that the chairman of the rules committee traditionally is literally the most pour powerful chairman in washington, d.c. because they have the ability to self-execute bills. that is, to take bills that i m sorry, amendments. they have the ability to take things that may have been
if you are confused at home, i think there s many people confused on the floor of congress as well. particularly even the clerk right now. seems somewhat baffled by what is going on. see if there s more clarity. she hasn t turned her microphone on. congressman dent, is this normal? no, it s not. what happened is the cheief clek closed out the vote. some were upset she closed it sooner than they liked. they were hoping people would change their votes. if one more republican were to become a no vote, then 214 to 214 would be a tie. it wouldn t pass. it appears republicans are going to prevail on the motion to
that at least partly to squash any effort to put steve scalise s name on the floor of the house for a vote? i don t think there s any question in my mind that mr. mccarthy wants to be in a position of strength. until the bitter end, until he replied back and knew the answer of what was being asked from him, he would not want to move aside. at the point he realizes he may have ended his nose egotiation, would become apparent he would move to mr. scalise. they are very close and very much, i guess, you could say the same in their philosophies. when kevin mccarthy says that progress has been made in negotiations i certainly find that credible when it comes to some of the rebels, including chip roy of texas, your fellow
divide in the republican party just absolutely exploded. then paul ryan became speaker. now has become a pariah to this wing of the party. now here s kevin mccarthy was standing with them at the beginning of his career. he tried to reinvent himself. they still think that he is the guy on the cover of that book. just to make sure people understand, or people notice, that s kevin mccarthy there on the left side of your screen as republicans vote to adjourn until noon tomorrow. da dana bash, kevin mccarthy has gone from smylilesmiling, happy warrior, to very glum expressions on his face. yeah. to touch on what you were asking congressman sessions about, which is the notion of why we re seeing this motion to adjourn right now, there s no question that it is because kevin mccarthy doesn t want another embarrassing vote, because if they don t adjourn, which might
build up the larger body which is these united states. deliver us from impudence. free us from fear and control. in our deliberations this night, the light that shines from the dome above us would clearly reflect the commitment we each make to freedom, justice and peace in our world. in the name of our guard dian, guide and stay, we offer our prayer. amen. [ applause ] by now, the names of the hardcore so-called never kevin members are well-known. matt gaetz, lauren boebert, andy biggs. you can take a look. if it comes to another vote, which kevin mccarthy does not want there to be tonight, you can tally off the names and see