Episode 2073
2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
Thu, 2023-Jan-05 03:44 UTC
Length - 3:35
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The 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election began on January 3, 2023, the opening day of the 118th United States Congress, two months after the 2022 U. S. House elections. It is the 128th U. S. speaker election since the office was created in 1789.
The Republican Party won a majority of House seats in the 2022 elections. Republican conference leader Kevin McCarthy won the nomination within the Republican conference but faced public opposition from some House Republicans in the lead up to the vote. With 19 Republicans voting for candidates other than McCarthy on the first ballot, no candidate achieved the necessary majority and the election proceeded to additional ballots for the first time since the 1923 U. S. speaker election. In the first round of voting, Democratic Party caucus leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York's 8th congressional district received 212 votes, McCarthy of California's 20th congressional district received 203 votes, and Andy Biggs of Arizona's 5th congressional district received 10 votes; other candidates who were not formally nominated received nine votes. On the second through sixth votes, McCarthy again failed to receive a majority of votes cast. Jeffries received the support of all Democrats in each of the first six rounds. Although he nominated and voted for McCarthy, Jim Jordan of Ohio's 4th congressional district received all votes of Republicans opposed to McCarthy on the second and third rounds. Following three unsuccessful votes on January 3, the House adjourned until noon on January 4. During the fourth vote, Texas Republican representative Chip Roy nominated Byron Donalds, who replaced Jordan as the Republican alternative to McCarthy. In the fourth and subsequent ballots, one member (Victoria Spartz) voted present, lowering the necessary threshold to 217 votes. Following three more unsuccessful ballots on January 4, the House again adjourned until 8pm the same day, then immediately adjourned again until noon on January 5.
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