vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. hunt. hunt. payne. payne. van orden. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: if there are any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the tellers agree on their tally, total number of votes cast is 429 and honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 194. honorable hakeem jeffries from the state of new york has received 210. the honorable patrick mchenry of state of north carolina has received six. all right. the house will come on to order. the house will come to order. honorable byron domedz of the state of florida has received two. honorable tom emmer of the state of minnesota has received one. lee zeldin of the state of new york has received four. honorable steven scalise of the state of louisiana has received eight. the honorable mike garcia of the state of california has received one. the honorable kevin mccarthy of california has received two. and honorable westerman, the whole name. pursuant to clause >> ji

vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. van orden. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the tellers agree in their tallies the number of votes cast is 429, of which the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 220 votes. and the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 209 votes. therefore, the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. mrff

vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. van orden. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the tellers agree in their tallies the number of votes cast is 429, of which the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 220 votes. and the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 209 votes. therefore, the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications >> we are just getting started. building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who needed. it. given you a front row seat to democracy -- and giving you a onrow seat to democracy. >> com

vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. hunt. hunt. payne. payne. van orden. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: if there are any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the tellers agree on their tally, total number of votes cast is 429 and honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 194. honorable hakeem jeffries from the state of new york has received 210. the honorable patrick mchenry of state of north carolina has received six. all right. the house will come on to order. the house will come to order. honorable byron domedz of the state of florida has received two. honorable tom emmer of the state of minnesota has received one. lee zeldin of the state of new york has received four. honorable steven scalise of the state of louisiana has received eight. the honorable mike garcia of the state of californiaas

vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. van orden. van orden. >> any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. >> john: so there you go, and that's something we have not seen in a long time. unanimous vote for speaker of the house. mike johnson of the great state of louisiana becomes speaker elect. now just some formalities to undertake and then the speaker of the house. >> sandra: let's get right to it with chad pergram. the vote is still open, but johnson does appear to have the votes to be elected speaker, and chad, really interesting, there was a lot of hints being dropped along the way about who he is, references to his firefighter father who was critically injured in the line of duty, obviously his louisiana background, but your thoughts as we await the gavel. >> the fact that, you know, we are going to have the two top leaders in the house republican brass hailing from louisiana. mike johnson, now the speaker elect of the house and also you are going to have steve scalise,

vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. van orden. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the tellers agree in their tallies the number of votes cast is 429, of which the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 220 votes. and the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 209 votes. therefore, the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. the chair appoints the following committee to escort the speaker elect to the chair. the the gentleman came lease, mr. emmer, ms. stefanik, mr. hudson, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. mcclain, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from florida, mr. donalds, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. american, the gentleman from michigan, mr. bergmann, the gentlew

vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. goode of virginia. johnson. gooden of texas. johnson. gosar. johnson. gotheimer. jeffries. granger. johnson. graves of louisiana. johnson. graves of missouri. johnson. green of tennessee. johnson. >> we just heard -- yet another republican who voted against jim jordan, who was the last republican nominee, vote for this one. kay granger of texas, a top republican, the chairman of the appropriations committee. i want to bring in somebody who just voted. ken buck, republican of colorado, who is here with me now. why make johnson? >> probably because he has the fewest enemies of anybody -- >> that's a ringing endorsement. >> it's the reality with where we are. a four-vote majority, mike is one of those people who gets along with everybody and he's well-respected and i think those two factors played a role. >> did you ever think a speaker of the house would get this close to and probably attain the gavel because he or she has the fewest enemies in the house? that doesn't sound like the headline of a resume. >> no. i don't think it is the headline of

vicente gonzalez. jeffries. good of virginia. jordan. gooden of texas. jordan. gosar. jordan. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. jordan. graves of missouri. jordan. green of tennessee. jordan. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. jordan. griffith. jordan. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. jordan. guest. jordan. guthrie. jordan. hageman. jordan. harder of california. jeffries. harris. jordan. harshbarger. jordan. hayes. jeffries. hern. jordan. higgins of louisiana. jordan. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. jordan himes. jordan. hinson. jordan. horsford. jeffies. houchin. jordan. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. jordan. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. jordan. hunt. jordan. issa. jordan. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. jordan. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. james. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. jordan. johnson of ohio. jordan. johnson of south dakota. jordan.

vicente gonzalez. jeffries. good of virginia. jordan. gooden of texas. jordan. gosar. jordan. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. jordan. graves of missouri. jordan. green of tennessee. jordan. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. jordan. griffith. jordan. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. jordan. guest. jordan. guthrie. jordan. hageman. jordan. harder of california. jeffries. harris. jordan. harshbarger. jordan. hayes. jeffries. hern. jordan. higgins of louisiana. jordan. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. jordan himes. jordan. hinson. jordan. horsford. jeffies. houchin. jordan. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. jordan. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. jordan. hunt. jordan. issa. jordan. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. jordan. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. james. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. jordan. johnson of ohio. jordan. johnson of south dakota. jordan.

vicente gonzalez. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. goode of virginia. >> jordan. >> jordan. goode of texas. >> jordan. >> jordan. gosar. >> jordan. >> jordan. gottheimer. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. granger. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. >> jordan. >> jordan. >> graves of missouri. >> jordan. >> jordan. green of tennessee. >> jordan. >> jordan. green of texas. >> the most honorable hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. green of georgia. jordan. griffith. >> jordan. >> jordan. grenolva. jeffries. growthman. jordan. guest. >> jordan. >> jordan. guthrie. >> jordan. >> jordan. haeggman. >> jim jordan. >> jordan. harter of california. jeffries. harris. >> jordan. >> jordan. harshbarger. >> jim jordan. >> jordan. hayes. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. hern. jordan. higgins of louisiana. >> jim jordan. >> jordan. higgins of new york. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. hill. >> jordan. >> jordan. heinz. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. hinson. >> jim jordan. >> jordan. horsford. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >> houchin. jordan. houlihan. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >> hoyer. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >>

vicente gonzalez? >> yea. >> yea. goode of virginia? >> yes. >> yea. gooden of texas? gooden of texas? gosar? >> no. >> nay. gottheimer? >> yes. >> yea. granger? >> no. >> nay. graves of louisiana? >> no. >> nay. graves of missouri? >> no. >> nay. green of tennessee? >> no. >> nay. green of texas? >> denies the right to vote. >> yea. greene of georgia? >> no. >> nay. griffith? >> no. >> nay. grijalva? >> yes. >> yea. growth grothman? >> no. >> nay. guest? >> no. >> nay. guthrie? >> no. >> nay. hageman? >> no. >> no. harter of california? >> aye. >> yea. harris? >> no. >> nay. harshbarger? >> no. >> nay. hayes? >> yes. >> yea. hearne? >> nay. >> nay. higgins of louisiana? >> no. >> nay. higgins of new york? >> yes. >> yea. hill? >> no, nay. himes? >> yes. >> yea. henson? >> no. >> nay. horseburg. >> aye. >> yea. hallchin? >> no. >> nay. hoolihan? >> yes. >> yea. hoyer? hoyer? >> yea. >> yea. hoyle of oregon? >> aye. >> yea. hudson? >> no. >> nay. huffman? >> yes. >> yea. huizenga? >> no. >> nay. hunt? hunt? >> no. >> nay. isa? >> nay. >> nay. ivy? >> yes. >> yea. jackso

vicente gonzalez. jeffries. good of virginia. jordan. gooden of texas. jordan. gosar. jordan. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. jordan. graves of missouri. jordan. green of tennessee. jordan. green of texas. jeffries. greene of griffith. jordan. grijalva. jeffries. guest. jordan. guthrie. jordan. hageman. jordan. harder of california. jeffries. harris. jordan. harshbarger. jordan. hayes. >> sandra: you have been listening live on capitol hill, voting to elect the next house speaker. right now it does not appear jim jordan has the votes for the speakership. at last count, it was -- just had the eighth republican to vote against jim jordan. so perhaps the take-away so far, john, is not jordan not going through on this first vote, but there's more no votes from republicans than perhaps anybody was expecting here so far. >> john: yeah, nine looks like at last count, three for scalise, three for mccarthy, two for lee zelden, and one for mike garcia, doesn't look like jim jordan will get it on the first vote. the big question, how many votes are w

vicente gonzalez. yay. good of virginia. yay. gooden of texas. gooden of texas? gosar, nay. gottheimer, yay. granger, nay. grace of louisiana. nay. graves of missouri, nay. green of tennessee, nay. green of texas, yay. green of georgia, nay. griffith, nay. graw halva, nay. grossman, nay. guest, nay. guthrie, nay. hageman, no. harder of california. yay. harris, nay. harshberger, nay. hayes, yay. hearne, nay. higgins of louisiana, nay. higgins of new york, yay. hill, nay. heinz, yay. henson, nay. horseberg, yay. how chen, nay. houlahan, yay. hoyer? hoyer? yay. -- of oregon? yay. hudson, nay. huffman, yay. high zynga, nay. hunt? hunt? nay. issa, nay. ivy, yay. jackson of illinois. yay. jackson of north carolina. yay. jackson of texas, nay. jackson lee, yay. jacobs, yay. james, nay. jayapal, yay. >> if you've just joined us i want to make clear that what we're watching for. it is 4:19 and they have to get through the end of the alphabet. numbers on the right of the screen are your counts. 98 yet votes to remove kevin mccarthy. there are 95. the number to look for it 214. at 214

vicente gonzalez. yea. good of virginia. yea. gooden of texas. gooden gooden of texas. gosar. nay. gottheimer. yea. granger. nay. graves of louisiana. nay. graves of missouri. nay. green of tennessee. nay. green of texas. yea. greene of georgia. nay. griffith. nay. grijalva. yea. grothman. nay. guest. nay. guthrie. nay. hageman. no. harder of california. yea. harris. nay. harshbarger. nay. hayes. yea. hern. nay. higgins of louisiana. nay. higgins of new york. yea. hill. nay. himes. yea. hinson. nay. horsford. yea. houchin. nay. houlahan. yea. hoyer. hoyer. yea. hoyle of oregon. yea. hudson. nay. huffman. yea. huizenga. nay. hunt. hunt. nay. issa. nay. ivey. yea. jackson of illinois. yea. jackson of north carolina. yea. jackson of texas. nay. jackson lee. yea. jacobs. yea. james. nay. jayapal. yea. jeffries. yea. johnson of georgia. yea. johnson of louisiana. nay. johnson of ohio. nay. johnson of south dakota. nay. jordan. nay. joyce of ohio. nay. joyce of pennsylvania. no. kamlager-dove. yea. kaptur. yea. kean of new jersey. nay. keating. yea. kelly of illinois. yea. kelly of missi