Politico reports:
The House gaveled in at noon, and for the seventh time in three days, McCarthy was formally nominated for speaker — this time by Michigan Republican John James. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) nominated the current anti-McCarthy option, Bryon Donalds. And just as the previous six votes went, McCarthy failed to clear the 218-vote threshold.
Following the news that the two opposing sides traded proposals overnight, McCarthy held a closed-door meeting with members to “discuss the rules package & the Speaker position” at 11 a.m. And just before noon, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), a McCarthy antagonist, was spotted entering McCarthy’s office.
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FL Rep. Matt Gaetz votes for Donald Trump for House Speaker… while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene laughs pic.twitter.com/uAySkLANI2
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 5, 2023
Letting some anti-McCarthy Republicans just vote “Hell No!” is one of the pitches under way, a dressed-up way of voting “present,” and thus lowering the threshold of pro-McCarthy votes need to reach a simply majority.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) January 5, 2023
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), while nominating Byron Donalds (R-FL) for House Speaker: “Yesterday we could have elected the first Black Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.”
Democrats chant “Hakeem! Hakeem!” pic.twitter.com/fPlB7DdAR2
— The Recount (@therecount) January 5, 2023
Kevin McCarthy fails to become House Speaker on the seventh ballot, as Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) gets enough Republican votes to deny him the gavel. pic.twitter.com/0D8X3ieqJ1
— The Recount (@therecount) January 5, 2023
Several holdouts — Perry, Roy, Donalds, Bishop — holding meeting in Tom Emmer’s office. I asked Donalds how long he would stay as a candidate. He was non-committal. pic.twitter.com/eosokc0FPi
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 5, 2023
I was waiting for it to happen, and it finally did. Matt Gaetz just nominated Donald Trump for Speaker of the 118th Congress. #SpeakerofthehouseVote ??♀️ pic.twitter.com/UioFSo9gWE
— ? Sassenach (@sass3366) January 5, 2023
A nice little moment for whichever Democrat wants to run against Scott Perryhttps://t.co/T6yaGNX4JW
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) January 5, 2023