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peltola. peltola. sykes. sykes. the speaker pro tempore: are there other members in this body who have not been recorded, or who wish to change their vote? the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 216. the nays are 210. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you that the first name on the letter received by the clerk pursuant to clause 8-b, 3-b of rule 1 is the honorable patrick t. mchenry of north carolina. signed, sincerely, kevin f. mccumber, acting clerk. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8-b-3 of rule 1 i now act as speaker pro tempore. the chair will inform the members of the house the following. the office of the speaker was rendered vacant

peltola? peltola? sykes? sykes? >> are there other members -- are there other members in this body who have not been recorded or who wish to change their vote ? >> have you got the tally? >> hold on. they just gave him a piece of paper. >> on this vote, the yeas are 216. the nays are 210. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> an historic moment. for the first time in the history of the united states, the speaker of the house has been removed. for those paying attention at home and trying to understand why it's not a 218 vote count, it require ass a it require as majority of those present and counting. it requires 426 people present and voting, 426, which means you need half plus one. and that would be 214 votes. and they have the yeas to remove speaker mccarthy, or 216. it is a resounding defeat for speaker mccarthy with 8 of his fellow house republican

peltola? peltola? pence, nay. perez, yay. perry, nay. peters, yay. pederson, yay. flurrier? nay. >> we are watching along with you this historic vote to oust, to remove speaker kevin mccarthy. the numbers rack up over there, keep in mind that to stay, kevin mccarthy would need 214 noes, alternately, to be ousted, 214 members would have to vote yes. so far we have seven republicans who have voted against the rest of their caucus to oust him. its members congress gaetz, good, and mace and crane and buck and bigg and burchette. david jolly is watching along with us. your thoughts? >> my thoughts are now around math. democrats would have to break to support mccarthy if they supposed to hold. democrats have appears in unison to say no. so we very well may be heading to a mccarthy leading the speakership. i think broadly speaking nicolle, this is inevitable since he secure the speakership after 15 votes for several reasons. one is the small margin that republicans won the '22. it was supposed to be a red wav

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. >> as one who knows and respects the role of speaker, hakeem jeffries. [ cheers and applause ] peltola. >> jeffries. >> pence. >> johnson. >> perez. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. perry. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. peters. >> jeffries. >> pettersen. >> jeffries. >> pfluger. >> mike johnson. >> phillips. >> jeffries. >> pingree. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >> pocan. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. porter. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. posey. >> johnson. >> pressley. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >> quigley. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >> ramirez. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> raskin. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. reschenthaler. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. >> rodgers of washington. >> johnson. >> rogers of alabama. >> johnson. >> johnson. rogers of kentucky. >> johnson. rose. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. >> rosendale. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. ross. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. rouzer. >> johnson. >> roy. >> johnson. >> johnson. >> ruiz. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> ruppersberger. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. rutherford. >> the very honorable mike johnson. >> johnson. >> ryan. >> jeffries

. >> jeffries. [ applause ] peltola. jeffries. [ applause ] pence. >> jordan. >> jordan. perez. jeffries. perry. >> jim jordan. >> jordan. peters. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. peterson. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. pfluger. >> jim jordan. >> jordan. philips. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. pingree. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. pocan. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. porter. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. posy. jordan. presley. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. quigley. jeffries. ramirez. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. raskin. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> rushingthaller. >> jordan. >> jordan. rogers of washington. >> jordan. >> jordan. rogers of alabama. >> jordan. >> jordan. rogers of kentucky. jordan. rose. jordan. >> jordan. rosendale. >> jordan. >> jordan. ross. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. rouser. >> jordan. >> jordan. roy. >> jordan. >> jordan. ruiz. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. ruppersburger. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. rutherford. >> scalise. >> scalise. ryan. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. salazar. jordan. salinas. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. sanchez. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. santos. >> jordan. >