The house has begun a vote on the nomination of Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana to be their latest candidate for speaker.
Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.The House is currently voting on the nomination of Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be speaker of the House."Democracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system," Johnson told reporters after the party vote.
Johnson won 128 votes to become the GOP nominee for speaker, but Republicans held one additional vote to test if holdouts would get on board. However, roughly 20 members were missing from the meeting, leaving Johnson to shore up his support in the 13 hours that remained before the floor vote.The late-night vote came after another long, chaotic day on Capitol Hill that saw Republicans repeating their nominating process for the fifth time this year.
The latest round of closed-door voting began after 8 p.m. on Tuesday with many members absent. Of the 204 members voting, 31 cast a ballot for someone who wasn't even a declared candidate — sending a clear message that plenty of members are not satisfied with their options. "When you see 31 people voting for other," Weber quipped."You know, in police work they call that a clue."
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