stuart: florida congressman byron donalds joins me now.my question, congressman: you put it all together in one big bill, doesn't that that raise the danger of it not passing? because you can't satisfy everybody. >> well, i mean, look, to be blunt with you, one bill, two bill, i don't really care. it's really about the details. yes, there's some concern about if it's all in one package, can you get everything done in a timely fashion, and we have some other pressure points. you have appropriations that are going to be going on not just over the next month or so because we have to address the government funding deadline on march 14, but again on september 30th, the end of the fiscal year. and then you also have the debt ceiling which we are going to have to to address at some point over the next couple of months. so there's a lot of back and forth on that. as far as as far as i'm concerned, let's get the details of what the entire agenda look like and are agreed to on patient, and then we can talk about where it's one big, beautiful bill or

keith self voted for byron donalds. we saw mike johnson and ralph norman and keith self walk off the floor of the house a few minutes ago. we have been playing with the math here. what is the latest in area you came up with? guest: to be speaker, you need more votes than anyone else, which is what johnson has. johnson needs an absolute majority of votes cast for a named visual. -- individual. because everyone has voted for a named individual, johnson needs 218 votes. if those three republicans, one of them decides i will vote for johnson but the other two cannot bring themselves to do it, but one of the two does not vote, votes present, the denominator changes and johnson needs 217, not 218. host: if one votes for johnson, one votes present. guest: one votes present and the other, probably tom massey votes for a third candidate. because that third person voted present, johnson needs 217 and he would be elected speaker. host: the camera has been following ralph norman, republican of south carolina. the gentleman bent ove

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massie voting for emmer, self byron donalds, norman for jim jordan. those are the three and there will be pressure likely on them as we get ready for a second ballot. sandra? >> sandra: absolutely. bret, karl, if you could standby with us, karl, we are checking in with chad pergram on what he is learning. chad? >> they are kind of any stasis in the house of representatives and what i am told is there going to go to a second ballot. by rule that is what they're supposed to do. there could be circumstances where they would recess the house and come back at 4:00 or 5:00, but what i am told is there going to go onto a second ballot. we talked about the three members elect, remember they are not sworn in just yet, we talk about these members-elect, i had a rather lengthy interview with ralph norman yesterday who is going to meet with speaker johnson and said he would make his announcement today asked her how he felt about mike johnson, and i said waiting minute, what are you looking for here? he said i am looking for certain types of promises and certain d

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>> honestly, keith is a good friend and so is byron donald's. the fact of the matter is we've got to get 218 votes to pass any major legislation. president trump and speaker johnson and quite frankly majority leader there and mac need to work together or we can't get anything done. the american people made it very clear, 5 million more americans voted for republican candidate for congress than they did democrats. so we need to take our campaign rhetoric and, you know, ruto per the american people. >> trace: when you talk about pressure, foxnews.com wrote the following, "trump on the phone to work out the holdouts" going on to say two people who spoke with fox news digital said representative nancy mace connected trump with -- by phone after they voted against johnson. it sounds like the most pressure here came from the very top. there was a lot of pressure from within but the big pressure might have gone from the top. what do you think? >> being that the county is represented by both myself and keith, i think there was a lot of pressure from the

byron donalds and claudia tenney. welcome back.friends and democrats are not controlling the governor. >> didn't see all that in the ways and means meeting and he was very good and poised and hoe answered the questions fairly and trying to attack them personally and secretary of defense and looking forward to having him confirmed and looking forward to january 20th like never before. it's been an exciting day. and. larry: did you cut taxes today? >> we're trying and trying to get the tax cuts and jobs act renewed, we're fighting the democrats on that too. larry: there we go. byron, good to see you and happy new year to both of you. >> happy new year. larry: byron, on this point, i thought hegseth was brilliant. his knowledge of the job and knowledge of soldiers and his knowledge of combat warfare was incredible and i thought the democrats, they don't understand that they're not controlling the government anymore. no white house or house or senate and they don't have the policy. they were at war with hegseth and, you know, not china

byron donalds wants to run for governor in florida. he has run for a bunch of different other things, and hasn't exceeded internally in the house conference. i'm skeptical that either of those are real alternatives. this to me is more about showing opposition, registering opposition to johnson, more than it is about the names mentioned and perhaps they're trying to get concessions. i talked to norman yesterday, and he said he wants things like use of the so called suspension, so kind of maneuvering is going on behind closed doors. there is a scramble behind the scenes to try to get this thing. >> i want to bring you back in. it's a technicality because to those of us just watching, it's like stop the vote, but the reality is the first ballot is still technically open, correct, because they have not gavelled it, so if that's the case, how would they proceed to wrap this one up? would they call a vote of two people, would the clerk call this again? a vote could be changed? could it go quickly? >> reporter: the shortest possible answer to

and i want to remind everyone, touching on what byron donald said, every committee in the history of congress is appointed by the speaker and minority leader. the majority party appoints their members. the minority party appoints their members. kevin mccarthy appointed good members to that committee. but but nancy pelosi rejected them because she knew they would be truthful and they wouldn't go along with the false narrative that the media and the democrats were trying to create about donald trump. so she kicked jim jordan and jim banks off and put liz cheney and adam kinzinger on there, who would just go along with all the fake propaganda that the democrat national committee and their friends in the left wing media were spouting out. >> all right, congressman, i'm going to ask all three of you. so we're going to start with congressman jackson. he gets to go first. again, you're about 15 hours away from a speaker vote. how are you going to vote on that speaker vote? and i mean by my count, there's like five house members who aren't going to vote for speaker johnson. and that's going

and keith self voted for byron donalds. and keith self, who is about to start, i think his sophomore term. and norman have now officially changed their votes after this, after some negotiation, presumably. so i stand corrected. you were correct. speaker johnson did win on the first ballot. barely, barely, barely. >> but it barely matter. a win's a win. a w is a w, and this was this is tough. and what we saw is the last vote was was voiced around 1:40 p.m. here we are 50 minutes later with a lot of back back room negotiating to get the final deal done. >> yes. no. i mean, compared to what we saw with speaker mccarthy, this is a this is a landslide victory. 218 to 215 what's done is done. and speaker johnson is there, although i have to say and i'm sure he's he's rejoicing. this was a muscle flexing of a minority of the party of the republican party. nine members demonstrating to speaker johnson, we can take you down if we want to. according to the new house rules, and we can make your life very difficult. please pay attentio

she'll be speaking this weekend with wisconsin senator ron johnson, florida congressman byron donalds and the federalist editor-in-chief, mollie hemingway. >>> that'll do it for us here on fox business. thanks so much for joining us and have a great rest of your weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ jack: happy new year and welcome to "barron's roundtable" where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. i'm jack otter. wall street seeing a volatile start to 2025, chief investment officer cameron dawson on what to expect and why mid-cap stocks are now the sweet spot of the market. and later our roundtable shares the best income investments for the next year. we begin with three things investors ought to be thinking about right now. my colleagues, ben levisohn, elizabeth o'brien and jack hough. well, ben, wonderful two years in the market, but the fourth quarter of last year we barely eked out a gain. this year started off, you know, pretty lousy returns. is this a bad omen? >> first of all, i need to say, kids, plug your ears, because i'm about to say something that may shock you, s

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keith self voted for byron donalds.we saw mike johnson and ralph norman and keith self walk off the floor of the house a few minutes ago. we have been playing with the math here. what is the latest in area you came up with? guest: to be speaker, you need more votes than anyone else, which is what johnson has. johnson needs an absolute majority of votes cast for a named visual. -- individual. because everyone has voted for a named individual, johnson needs 218 votes. if those three republicans, one of them decides i will vote for johnson but the other two cannot bring themselves to do it, but one of the two does not vote, votes present, the denominator changes and johnson needs 217, not 218. host: if one votes for johnson, one votes present. guest: one votes present and the other, probably tom massey votes for a third candidate. because that third person voted present, johnson needs 217 and he would be elected speaker. host: the camera has been following ralph norman, republican of south carolina. the gentleman bent over

the other votes, one vote for jim jordan, one vote for tom emmer, and one vote for byron donalds.this stage, we don't know which way this is going to go. >> no, i am aligned with brendan, which is, this is a fairly decent count for mike johnson. there were six holdouts, who could have, at any point, cast a vote against johnson. the big one was chip roy. everyone assumed if ever there would be someone that joined massey, it would be him. he voted for johnson. johnson, basically, have a straightforward task. how do you flip these two votes, the votes being norman and self. i assume he will have donald trump and elon musk on the phone with both members of congress, telling them that they have to get in line. i assume in a short period of time, you will ultimately see them -- johnson will get the speakership. that being said, two things. one, it's an embarrassment for johnson. obviously, you want to win the first ballot. it just underscores that this is a fractured party still. two, it does underscore how slim the majority is, if you can only lose two votes on these things. when it co

joining me now republican congressman byron donalds and wisconsin senator ron johnson. nator johnson, let's start with you. your new colleague, adam schiff from california got pressed about democrats messaging. watch the threat that you say donald trump poses to american democracy, why don't you think the american voters heeded you're call? >> it's not i think that voters were i'm concerned didn't care about democracy, they do. but there were things that they cared about even more. >> senator, they still do not get it. they still don't get it. >> no, they don't. let's face it. the fundamental transformation that president obama promised us and that biden tried to implement is primarily destroying this country. americans realize that the open borders, the 40-year high inflation. the war on fossil fuels. the weakness that we displayed internationally which set the world in flames. no, joe biden will go downen as the worst president in history. is he trying to do as much damage as possible on his way out the door. january 20th cannot come soon enough. >> laura: well, congre

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joining me now congressman byron donalds and senator ron johnson. tor johnson, let's start with you your new colleague adam schiff from california got depressed about democrats messaging. watch. >> the threat that you said that donald trump poses to american democracy. why don't you think the american voters heeded your call? >> it is not that voters were not concerned and don't care about democracy, they do but they were things they cared about even more. >> laura: senator, they still do not get it. they still don't get it. >> no, they don't. let's face it that fundamental transformation president obama promised us and biden tried to implement nearly destroyed the country. they realize it at the open borders, four year high inflation and were impossible to fossil fuels and set the world of claims. so joe biden will go down as the worst resident in history entering to do as much damage as possible on the way out the door. january 20th cannot come soon enough. >> laura: congressman donalds, we also have the matter of what this is all going to cost to

byron donalds. >> this is just crazy in my view.first of all, george soros is on the absolute left of our politics. everybody knows this. this is his staff and frankly in part his family that are managing all this stuff from behind the scenes. the democrats want to use their last moments to reward their leftists makes no sense at all. we'll make america great and be focused on the american people. >> harris: look, it continues. a new editorial piece with this headline. biden's disgraceful exit. a piece of it. it would be hard to pick a figure that better personified the democratic party's contempt for average americans that failed presidential candidate hillary clinton and hard to think of anyone who has done more damage to them then george soros. president joe biden chose as one of his parting shots to the nation and people he serves to honor both of them with presidential medals of freedom. in "focus" now ben domenech, fox news contributor and spectator editor at large. ben. >> look, harris, we are in the yolo period of the joe bi

while we were talking, congressman keith self of texas voted for florida congressman byron donalds. so that is three basically three noes to johnson, six abstentions by house republicans. so this is a group of nine people right now. and we don't anticipate any others as we mark our way down to zinc. um, that's nine people who are as of now, not voting for speaker johnson. if even if the six abstentions come back on board, charlie dent, that's three no's. they could change their votes before they gavel it down. but the likelihood is that speaker johnson is not going to win on this first ballot. >> absolutely. i mean, look, you have to say this about the freedom caucus or at least some members of the freedom caucus. >> they're always willing to take a hostage. >> in this case, i'm talking and it's usually their speaker, figuratively speaking, and they're always willing to shoot that hostage. and that's what they're doing right now. now we'll see how long this lasts. because as has been pointed out by patrick mchenry, you know, donald trump is the president. i'm sure he's going to be o

keith self of texas supported byron donalds and ralph norman backed jim jordan.however, a phone call from president elect trump compelled self and norman to change their vote. >> he just said mike johnson is the only one that's got the support among the body to become speaker. we went in to meetings. the meeting off the floor, and i said, mike, are you going to give us specific examples of fighting for the things we mentioned? will you give us your word? he said yes. >> the vote underscores how tough it could be for the gop to manage its narrow majority. that could cause problems passing key parts of president elect trump's agenda. >> this is going to be a long family road trip over the course of the next two years. in a period of time of narrowly divided government, where we have simply a two seat majority and sometimes possibly less. >> after winning the gavel, johnson told lawmakers it's time to get to work. >> in recent months, we've witnessed something happening, something that's really remarkable, a political moment in our modern history. >> house republica

byron donalds who turned me on to this story a long time bond trader, puts out the bear traps reportto work at lehman brothers so he knows a little bit of financial crisis, he said biden has already blown through 30% of his fiscal 2025 budget, as he laid it out. so i mean, we are spending on the way out, this guy is just like shoveling it out. so that's kind of where we are. i cut you off i'm sorry. taylor: i was just going to ask quickly, we only have a minute left. the liquidity on the three-month i understand is a lot higher so that's why janet yellen is trying to issue debt on the short-term because you get the liquidity but how fiscally irresponsible to not be doing a 20-year? charlie: it's more than just the liquidity. she is, it is fiscally irresponsible when you have low interest rates not to extend maturities. it's sort of basic finance but that's why and she knows that. what she was doing was suppressing the yield on the 10-year, because the 10-year bond, let's just say it hit 5% during the election, i mean, the economy would have went into a tailspin. markets would have so

keith self voted for byron donalds. and ralph norman voted for jim jordan. what happened there, kind of a dramatic scene on the floor were nancy mace was on the phone, speaker johnson came and talked to self and norman and took them off to a side room and got them on the phone and trump called and said it's time to get going. they came back into the room after quite a delay and they voted for house speaker mike johnson. keith self that he was very frustrated with how the 118th congress went, and you asked that question, that is kind of part and parcel of what it is going to be like during this congress. it is such a narrow majority, edward, for the republicans, that they are going to be able to do all of these things, it is going to be tough because on every single roll call vote you are probably going to have two or three holdout saying i am for 95% of this bill but i want a or b. that's going to be a challenge peer here was the final tally: mike johnson eventually racked up 218 votes. he could lose one boat with 434-member house. kim jeffries 215 and thoma

keith self of texas supported byron donalds. and ralph norman backed jim jordan of. however, a phone call from president-elect trump compelled self and norman to change their vote. >> he just said mike johnson is the only one that's got the support among the body to become speaker. we went into meetings. meeting off the floor, and i said, mike, are you going to give us specific examples of fighting for the things we we mentioned? will you give us your word? he said, yeah. >> reporter: the vote underscores how tough it could be for the go gop to manage its majority, that could cause problems passing the agenda. >> this is going to be a long family road trip over the course of the next two years and a period of time of narrowly divided government where we have a 2-seat majority and sometimes possibly less. >> reporter: johnson told lawmakers it's time to get to work. >> in recent months we've witnessed something happening, something that's really remarkable, a political moment in our modern history, a groundswell of americans from every state, race and religion who now

texas had originally voted for fellow freedom caucus member, congressman byron donalds of florida. congressman ralph norman voted for jim jordan, but they both switched their votes. let's talk right now with doug heye. doug, you used to be a leadership aide for majority leader eric cantor of virginia. what did you see happen today? what's your interpretation? what's your analysis? >> well, since it's snowing outside, it's a bit of reindeer games. and this is typical of what we see usually from freedom caucus members or even before there was a freedom caucus. sort of the genesis of that. but ultimately it's getting attention. you're going to be able to go back to your district or to cpac and things like that and say, look at me. i was a fighter. nobody fought harder than i. you don't necessarily have to have results. you just have to have to show your willingness to fight, because there aren't really any clear results here other than mike. mike johnson winning. clearly there are enough. now nine people that they they've demonstrated that they can, you know, put a gun to mike johnson

texas had originally voted for fellow freedom caucus member, congressman byron donalds of florida. congressman ralph norman voted for jim jordan, but they both switched their votes. let's talk right now with doug heye. doug, you used to be a leadership aide for majority leader eric cantor of virginia. what did you see happen today? what's your interpretation? what's your an

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byron is right. you can't look at this just as today or this week or anything. you have to back up, i would say back up a year or two, and look at how far donald trump has moved theear ago or two or four, to what it is now. he has concurred wo world and brought the world into his view of things into the palm of his hands, he has a massive agenda, he will need congress to help with a lot of stuff, i hope, i don't want a bunch of executive order, i want actual stuff to be done to be fixed. and to do, that when you move the ball as far as he has, suddenly, you will start to see a crumbling of resistance. and a -- whatever hesitant republicans there are, are now gone, they will to do heavy lifting on other side of pennsylvania avenue to get his agenda through, i think it is great agenda, vast majority of americans approve. larry: democrats insist on burying themselves, byron, they will, this is that simple. one last quick one. nominations, what is your outlook on the trump noms? january 20th they could start soon ir sooner. >> we have seen things moving in trump's directed in last hour on capitol hill with passage on closure of laken riley bill, 84 votes in u.s. sena

byron is exact reigns leading right. you can't look at this just today or this week. you have to back up. i would say back up a year or two and look at how far donald hoes moved the ball from what people thought was possible a year ago, two years ago, four years ago to now. he's conquered the entire world and brought the entire world into his view of things, and into the palm of and the reason that's so parent is because he has a massive agenda. and he's going to need congress to help with a lot of thatrs and fixed around washington, and to do that, when you move the ball as far as he's move it had, you're going to see a crumbling of resistance, that we've already started seeing and whatever hesitant republicans they're gone now and he'll want to do heavy lifting to get his agenda through and it's a great one and vast majority of americans approve of it. larry: democrats insist of burying themselves and byron and democrats will bury themselves. 30 seconds, nominations, what's your outlook on the trump noms, january to the but could start sooner. how's it looking? >> with the passage of the laken riley bill, 84 votes in the u.s. senate. that looks g

byron york, you were interrupted before. thoughts about this as we move forward on the trump agenda and what happens now as the certification of the election happens january 6th? >> i think this was the donald trump effect because he is the president-elect. he is wildly popular in the republican party. and any republican member of the house who is standing up against what trump wants has to answer for that. >> bret: let's listen in. >> receives 218. [applause] >> sandra: well, that makes it official, right, bret? we knew the tally, they do unofficial tally had become 2 218-to 15, showing johnson should have the votes, it wasn't official until the clerk read it. >> receives 215. [applause] and the honorable tom emmer of the state of minnesota has received one. [applause] 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 119th congress. [applause] the clerk appoints the following committee to escort the speaker elect to the chair. the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scully's. the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ember, the gentleman