House Will Not Hold Third Vote For Speaker Tonight

NBC News reports:

In a closed-door meeting tonight, McHenry told GOP colleagues he might resign as speaker pro tempore if Republicans push him to try to move legislation on the floor without an explicit vote to expand his powers, according to multiple lawmakers in the room.

“If you guys try to do that, you’ll figure out who the next person on Kevin’s list is,” McHenry told the room, three sources said, referring to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s secret list of GOP lawmakers who would serve as temporary speaker in the event of a vacancy.

McHenry’s comments underscore the quandary Republicans are in: They can’t really do anything until they choose a new speaker, but they can’t agree on someone who can get the votes to be that new speaker.

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House coming back to session shortly to gavel out for the night without taking another vote for Speaker

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 19, 2023

Foreign Affairs Cmte chair McCaul on Fox: Every day we go without a Speaker, it sends a terrible message to the world and our adversaries that we’re dysfunctional, that we are not capable of governing in a democracy

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 19, 2023

According to guidance from the House, no Speaker vote tonight. The House will convene at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

— Katie Simpson (@Katie___Simpson) October 19, 2023

Republican Leadership announced that no votes are expected in the House tonight.

The House will convene at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

— Democratic Cloakroom (@DemCloakroom) October 19, 2023