speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. meeks: i rise in support of this extraordinary important resolution written with my friend and colleague, chairman mccall. 18 days ago the state of israel suffered the greatest mass murder perpetuated against the jewish people since the holocaust when hamas terrorists invaded israel by land, by sea, and by air. behaving just like isis, hamas terrorists murdered and beheaded soldiers and civilians alike, babies were shot and burned in their cribs and reduced to smoldering piles of ash, babies. children were murdered. teenagers were murdered. men and women were murdered. elderly people, including holocaust survivors, murdered. hamas has also taken 200 of those who survived into gaza as hostages, including unaccompanied children, holocaust survivors, and many american citizens. mr. speaker, hamas' attack was truly unprecedented. and when you consider the size of israel's population, proportionatel

speaker. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 996. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. comer: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 2379. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2379. a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 616 east main street in st. charles, illinois, as the veterans of the vietnam war memorial post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, and the gentl

speaker. he did the right thing. he did the right thing for this institution. he showed it could function in a time of crisis. finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. he made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve the objects my friend from virginia laid out and achieved them in divided government. so i'm very proud of this speaker. i'm very proud to stand behind him. tomorrow morning whether i win or lose, i'm going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with and i'm be extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for, the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. with that i reserve the balance of my time. [applause] >> the gentleman from oklahoma's time is reserved. the gentleman from florida. >> my friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i don't support kevin mccarthy would plunge the house and the country in to chaos. chaos is speaker mccarthy. chaos is somebody that we cannot trust with their word. the one thing that the white house, house democrats and many of

before that next speaker's election. this election is happening on a condensed timeline. usually, there is months of jockeying behind the scenes before that election. then, you have the factor of former president trump weighing in on the race. he is very much still a leader and player in the republican party, holds a lot of sway. it is unclear whether he will sway people to support jim jordan for speaker over steve scalise, the majority leader. but, the fact that he weighs in -- usually, we do not see presidential candidates weighing in on house leadership elections. of course, you have this interesting scenario where fox news is going to host what they called a joint interview with the candidates for speaker. that was announced on friday. very quickly, there were republican members who said they did not think that was a good idea. they wanted to hear from the candidates first. if the candidates asked the candidates pulled out of that and that was highlighting the unusual nature of this and how much of a national spectac

that would indicate to me they are going to do to have a speaker election right away and speaker election right away and >> after being ousted as speaker of the house earlier today we expect to hear from kevin mccarthy speaking to reporters in about 20 minutes. florida representative matt gaetz called for the vote that led to his removal. congressman gaetz spoke after the vote defending his decision to offer a motion to vacate the chair. matt: mccarthy said he wanted us to bring it on so i guess we did. reporter: when we spoke to you yesterday before you introduced the motion you didn't sound confident you would have the votes. now you do. what does that tell you about matt: what that tells me is you're very poor at reading conferences. [indiscernible] matt: kevin mccarthy couldn't keep his word and made an agreement in january regarding the way washington would work and he disregarded that. we face a $2.2 trillion deficit. kevin mccarthy is a creature of the swamp. he's risen to hauer by collecting special interest money and restricting that money in exchange for favors. we're breaking t

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speaker. maybe you missed some of that process play out, you want to see it again. a couple of ways to do that, is the c-span now app which you can download and carry with you wherever you go throughout the day. you can go to the website or you can stay put and watch it as we re-air the house vote today. we will start with the nominating speeches. the speaker pro tempore: if the tellers will please come forward and take their seats. tellers. the gentleman, mr. loudermilk. the gentlelady from alabama, ms. the nominations are now in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise for the purpose of placing in nomination the name of the honorable jim jordan for the position of speaker of the house at the direction of the republican caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, two weeks and one day ago, i was on this house floor and in this chamber, def

speaker. motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. at the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. now, we know there are six. and we're learning that mccarthy's republican allies are attempting to make a last-minute plea to the 212 house democrats there, to try to join them, to save him. but house democrats appear to be united in not wanting to rescue mccarthy. democratic leader hakeem jeffries just sent what is known as a dear colleague letter to his fellow democrats. saying it's the responsibility of the gop to end their own house republican civil war. let's go right to capitol hill now where we find cnn's manu raju and cnn's melanie zanona. manu, to you first, what are you hearing from republicans as this vote gets closer and closer? >> reporter: well, they're coming to grips with the reality that kevin mccarthy simply does not have the votes to survive the afternoon measures. the first vote will happen in just a matter of minutes.

submitted by the speaker, pursuant to the rule acts as speaker pro tem until the election of a new speaker. and bestows the authority of the office of speaker on the speaker pro tem to the extent necessary and appropriate to that end. in the opinion of the chair, prior to proceeding to the election of a speaker, it will be prudent to first recess for the relative caucus and conferences to meet and discuss the path forward. accordingly, pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess, subject to the recall of the chair. >> an angry gaveling down by the man named as speaker pro tem, meaning he is the temporary speaker of the house, that is congressman patrick mchenry, a republican from north carolina, a close ally of kevin mccarthy who is no longer the speaker of the house. let us go to manu raju, who is outside the house chamber. m manu, a devastating day for former speaker kevin mccarthy, who told reporters that the 15 rounds he went through of balloting in january taught him how to govern. apparently not so much. >> yeah, he thought he was >> he thought he would b

speaker. national clean energy week just passed by, it should be a time to recognize the various forms of clean energy available to all of us. unfortunately one form continues to be taken not as seriously and even in many cases undermined and that would be hydroelectric power. which has so many benefits. yet hydroelectric dams across this country, including part in the klamath area of my district, are being torn out. because of an environmental agenda that isn't even true. others are on the hit list like up in washington. as policy leaders and consumers push for a more green future, hydropower should be part of that solution, as a lot of the needed infrastructure already exists. as well, nuclear power. so why are we seeing dams that supplied low-cost, renewable energy that already exists and in some cases were there for a century, being decommissioned? because here's the trick. you make it where it's almost impossible to the maintenance and -- to do the maintenance and upgrades to that infrast

speaker. like so many others, i deeply regret that we are here in what was a totally avoidable situation. i must take you back to january, however, which for many of us was about not repeating the failures of the past and letting republican voters across the country down once again, when in the past for many years when republicans have had majorities in this chamber, we've passed our major spending bills predominantly with democrat votes, something the other side of the house has never and would never do with majority control. back in january, i expressed my concern that the previous two years during my first term here in the house, we had not used every tool at our disposal to fight against the harmful, radical democrat agenda that is destroying the country, bankrupting the country, and under which the american people are suffering. but most in here wouldn't know that i helped persuade my five colleagues who comprised the remaining resistance in the wee morning hours of january 7 to switch ou

next speaker should have? >> i appreciate for entertainment purposes that you'd like me to name someone, but i'm not going to disclose my hand, i'm not going to show my hand. there are several who i think would be good. we will be vetting those candidates, meeting with those candidates, asking them questions, asking them about what they'll do differently. what their commitments will be, and we'll be doing that together as a body. no one of us can pick a speaker. a handful of us can block things in a narrow majority, but the good news is we will own together whoever emerges as speaker after tuesday's candidate forum as we vote that person in perhaps as early as wednesday. they will have to get 218 votes and we will have a vested interest in their success because the country needs them to be successful but all of us members, 218 out of 221 for that person to advance as speaker. >> you were one of the handful of republicans who voted with democrats. you were the outsider within your own party making this vote to

chaos is speaker mccarthy. is somebody who we cannot trust with their world word. >> he has kept his word. i think we should keep him as speaker. >> i think it is time to make a change. -- not the only one -- >> everyone who knows kevin mccarthy, whether they are friend or foe, knows that kevin mccarthy is a happy warrior. >> i will just say, if this house of representatives has exceeded all expectations, and we definitely need direct a shuns. >> the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> tonight the big news? mccarthy told his party he will not run for the speakership again. >> i will never give up on the american people. that doesn't mean i have to be speaker to do what i have to do for the american people. >> but at this point, the question really is, who would even want this job? >> -- the speakership. >> absolutely not. i have no desire -- >> laura coates, matt gaetz there, seemingly and unwittingly admitting that everyone likes to throw b

jeffries: speaker mike johnson and speaker emerita pelosi. whip clark, chairman aguilar and all of my colleagues, honor and privilege to stand before you as house democratic leader. from the very beginning of this congress, house democrats have made clear that we will find bipartisan, common ground with our republican colleagues whenever and wherever possible, for the good of the american people. and house democrats have repeatedly done just that. it was house democrats who provided a majority of the votes necessary to avoid a catastrophic default on our debt that would have crashed the u.s. economy and triggered a job-killing recession and house democrats provided majority of the votes necessary to avoid a government shutdown that would have hurt everyday americans. it was house democrats who provided a majority of the votes necessary to secure 16 billion in disaster assistance for americans whose lives have been been devastated from extreme weather events from the beginning of this congress. house democrats have been governing for the peopl

speaker. like so many others, i deeply regret that we are here in what was a totally avoidable situation. i must take you back to january, however, which for many of us was about not repeating the failures of the past and letting republican voters across the country down once again, when in the past for many years when republicans have had majorities in this chamber, we've passed our major spending bills predominantly with democrat votes, something the other side of the house has never and would never do with majority control. back in january, i expressed my concern that the previous two years during my first term here in the house, we had not used every tool at our disposal to fight against the harmful, radical democrat agenda that is destroying the country, bankrupting the country, and under which the american people are suffering. but most in here wouldn't know that i helped persuade my five colleagues who comprised the remaining resistance in the wee morning hours of january 7 to switch ou

for the life of me on not sure why speaker mccarthy would not -- ex-speaker mccarthy, not put that bill on the floor. i think you would pass a vote for ukrainian funding in a bipartisan way. host: should it be a single bill or should it be attached to something? what is the best way forward on that? guest: either one would be fine with us. a single bill is going to get over 300 votes. so, the majority of democrats and i think you will get over 100 republicans. it should pass the senate as well. either one would be fine. host: there is a story in the wall street journal this morning that says the u.s. funding system for ukrainian salary and key government expenditure is expected to run out next month. it pays the salaries of 150,000 civil servants in ukraine, more than half a million teachers, and so on. what case would you make that this is good spending by the u.s. government? guest: i think supporting ukrainian defense is good spending, allowing the ukrainians to defend their own sovereignty, standing up to the illegal invasion by vladimir putin. i think that is good for democracy aro

speaker. the one thing i know, and never having been won or aspired to be one, is that it takes a spine of steel to do this job. my job has that kind of determination. has that kind of character. has that kind of spine. and i think the next -- next speaker is going to need that quality. i know he has that in great abundance. if you are a republican it should be a pretty easy decision. this is somebody who believes what we believe. and has fought for and shown that over and over again. i first got to know him and a lot of his focus was on spending. that is exactly when the focus of this house should be. he has laid out a plan, not just a short-term plan as to how we deal with the appropriations process, i am an appropriate are and i think i know that is not the root of the problem. unlike any other speaker we have had, he has tried to talk about a long-term plan. to talk about a long-term plan. and to get at the real drivers of debt and we all know what they are. we all know it's social securit

speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 2, 2023. i hereby appoint the honorable mike bost to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of january 9, 2023, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with the time equally allotted between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip -- minority whip will be limited to five minutes, but in no event shall the debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. nickel, for five minutes. mr. nickel: thank you, mr. speaker. it's monday morning and the federal government is open for business. we came just hours away from a shutdown this weekend, with 209 house democrats and 125 house republic

speaker pro temp -- mr. speaker pro temp, madam clerk, colleagues, i rise today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, as speaker of the people's house. we are at a time of great crisis across america. a time of historic challenges in this very chamber. and a time when heinous acts of terror and evil have been committed against our great ally, israel. as this body convenes for the sacred responsibility to elect the next speaker of the people's house, i am reminded of the book of esther. for such a time is this. jim jordan will be america's speaker for such a time as this. a time when hardworking american families are struggling under the vice of inflation. not able to afford groceries, heat or gas because of the trillions and trillions of dollars of reckless spending by failed far-left government. a time when millions are being illegally trafficked and smuggled across our southern and northern borders to you to the catastrophic -- due to the catastrophic and inhumane wide open borders of joe biden.

speaker pro tem. host: this is stephen in california, line for democrats. you are on with ray smock. caller: i have a quick question. you mentioned the current speaker was the second shortest. it was the first shortest tenure? guest: there are two answers to that. one is michael kerr in 1876. he died in office. he was only speaker 267 days, two day shorter than kevin mccarthy. there was a strange event that occurred in 1869, where a speaker was elected for one day. that was theodore pomeroy of new york. the reason is that the former speaker, skyler covax, had just been elected vice president. colfax was resigning to become vice president so they needed a speaker, it was the last day of the session. thomas pomeroy was only speaker for one day. host: this is why we love having you stop by. this is carolyn in georgetown, delaware. republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i guess my question is that even though we do not have a speaker right now, are all committees still functioning as usual and i

he should be the speaker. steve scalise won the vote and we have five people loyal to jim so they would not about for steve -- so they would not vote for steve. steve was true. you cannot play game where no one is playing the roles. 95% of us pay by the rules. 5% don't and they have been orchestrated this since january to get to this point with mr. jordan. i think is unacceptable. host:, rissman don bacon last night with reporters. he will be a key vote to watch today. the election of the 56th speaker of the house set to begin around noon eastern time. we will have gavel to gavel coverage here. taking her phone calls ahead of that vote, this is just in spring valley, california. caller: thank you for taking my call. a bipartisan aid should rise up and vote for hakeem jeffries and the country will move along. thank you for taking my call. host: this is that's -- this is in virginia, dennis. caller: morning. i have been a republican my whole voting lifetime. i am 69 years old. i have never been more embarrassed

because then it would go to a speaker's race. they'd have to elect a new speaker. someone needs to get a majority of votes in the house. if there's no elected speaker the house is in a state of paralysis, it can't move forward, it can't legislate, and they must elect a speaker. the question right now is will mccarthy put himself up as a candidate for speaker in that situation? he has indicated for some time he's ready to fight. he keeps saying that he's never going to quit. but does that mean that he won't quit and continue to be a candidate and put his name up over and over again as we saw back in january? those are major questions right now, jake, as the speaker is recognizing he knows full well where the votes lie, but what is his next step? that's what a lot of his allies want to know, what he will do in the aftermath of this historic vote. jake. >> all right. manu raju, thank you so much. waiting on this key vote for speaker, kevin mccarthy. stay with cnn. we're going to squeeze in a quick break. we'll be right back. to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo

. speaker: small town in central pennsylvania. speaker: dear sir. speaker: dear "one." speaker: dear "one." speaker: dear "one." speaker: dear "one." i learned of your magazine from "corey's homosexuality." lori: it's gonna be hard for me to put my problem into writing, but i'll try to get all the facts across. you see, outwardly, i'm a woman, but inside i have male emotions. in fact, at times, i become two different people. for a while i'm a woman and even act like one, then all of a sudden i'm a man. sometimes, i get so lonely and depressed, i can't bear to go on any longer. i guess this is a lonely hearts letter to you, but you're my last hope. appreciate you reading this and, because i'm hoping so strongly that you can help me, i'm thanking you in advance. sincerely yours, lori. craig: obviously, "one's" very visible presence on newsstands was noticed by a lot of the same oppressive forces that were ordering gay bar raids and, at one point, j. edgar hoover, the legendary fbi leader who was almost certainly gay himself, was brought a copy of "one" magazine and he ordered an invest

visit ncicap.org] more on the race for speaker of the house. we are joined by anthony adragna , politico's congressional reporter. the headline of your article and i know you may not have written this, it reads "it's on, the bareknuckle battle for house gop leadership spot begins. anthony: it is shaping up chaotically. we do not have a good sense for how quickly this race is going to be settled. something i've heard from a lot of rank-and-file members i've spoken with today is that nobody has a clear path yet. that may change. obsolete the house is out right now. they're going to be signing each other out next tuesday with the idea of holding the election on wednesday. but i think even at this point with two candidates it is not clear whether or not there's a real clear path for somebody to get the support they need to be elected speaker. so a lot of fluid dynamics in this race, which is still unfolding. host: are we hearing where other candidates are jumping in for speaker? anthony: my colleague reported that kevin o'hearn is taking a close lo

the speaker fought through 15 votes in january to become speaker.as only willing to fight through one failed c.r. before surrendering to the democrats on saturday. we need a speaker who will fight for something, anything, besides just staying or becoming speaker. if there was ever a time to fight with $33 trillion in national debt, 2 trillion deficit this year, 40 year high inflation, 20 year high interest rates, downgraded credit rating and the first time in modern history, the polls showing despite all the help of the media blaming republicans in the house, the polls showed that the public was blaming biden and the democrats for an imminent shutdown. if not fight now, when would we fight? now is and was the time. with the democrats driving the fiscal bus off the cliff at 100 miles an hour, we cannot simply contend to be the party that slows it down to 95 to be in the front seat and wear the captain's hat. our current debt and spending trajectory is unsustainable. we need a speaker, ideally somebody who doesn't want to be speaker and has not pursue

host: he is not a house speaker candidate. as a house speaker candidate, should that be considered? caller: let me ask you a question. why is it president that somebody questioned the 2020 election? i realize the first six months after biden was put into office every elected republican who came on c-span, the first thing you all latched on was do you believe biden was president -- elected in a fair and secure election? host: in this case, we are talking about the house speaker election. don't you think that is pertinent to know? yes or no? caller: you guys never asked a single democrat that question after the 2016 election. guest: i would add in response to the caller's concerns that 2020 was different from past years were there have been embers who have questioned result or voted against results, absolutely, but in the but in the past, the loser of the presidential election would still concede. the fact that trump took so long to concede is loss in 2020 key point in one of the reasons why the media in general continues to talk about this issue. we've also seen people continue to th

speaker. the tellers will please come forward to take their seats. the speaker pro tempore: i f the tellers would please come forward and take their seats. tellers? the speaker pro tempore: m r. lowdermilk, the gentlelady from alabama, ms. sewell. the speaker pro tempore: the nominations are now in order, the chair recognizes mr. cole. mr. cole: mr. speaker, i rise for purpose of placing the nomination, the name of the honorable jim jordan to the position of speaker of the house at the direction of the republican party. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: two weeks and one day ago i was on this house floor and in this chamber defending my very good friend and our former speaker, mr. mccarthy, from an effort to vacate the chair. and in the course of that speech, i made the rehashing that those who did this, whether intentionally or unintentionally were going to put the congress in a state of chaos and the country into a state of uncertainty. i think the last two week

reporter: is it about empowering a temporary speaker or a permanent speaker? mr. jeffries: all options are on the table. the goal is to reopen the house of representatives. reporter: would the speaker have to still have a power sharing agreement with the democrats? mr. jeffries: we do not use the phrase power sharing agreement. we recognize the republicans hold the gavel, we respect that, we're not election deniers. what is clear based on the track record in this congressional session, our republican colleagues cannot govern on their own. because they have moabs they have house republican conference who don't want to do anything as it relate it is advancing the needs of the american people. we saw that. on the default crisis. we saw that in terms of keeping the government woasm saw it as it relates to disaster relief. what more do my traditional republican colleague, who i respect, need to see? we need a path forward anchored in reasonableness and common sense. thank you, everyone. host: hakeem jeffries on the capitol steps about an hour ago telling reporters from

joe canon was the speaker of the house then.offered his own motion to vacate, because there were members not pleased with his speakership and dared people, you want to vote against me, see how it goes. and he prevailed with the minority party. and see if kevin mccarthy has some distance by democrats, even though the leadership has said they would not support re-electing kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> john: it's going down a different way, but a lot of historic precedence here. the big question is, how many allies does gaetz have? i would assume that with hakeem jeffries saying he's going to get the democratic caucus to vote to vacate the chair, likely would not be defections from that, they are unified when the leader sends marching orders. how many democrats, or how many republicans are needed to bolster the democratic caucus in order to vacate the chair? and how many votes can gaetz count on? >> mccarthy said if there are five republicans who vote against me, i'm out. this is where the parlimentary algebra is so ch

and we viewed him as a threat to the speaker's chair. that's why it was our top priority to make sure he didn't sit in the speaker's chair. not on us to fix the republican dysfunction and round robin voting going on right now, but we are serious about making this place work and serious about funding government. we are serious about making sure we look out for our allies in israel and ukraine. we want to get those things accomplished. reporter: continue to fight on the speaker's race -- [indiscernible question] mr. aguilar: we need to slow down a little bit here. one tweet is not the feeling of the democratic caucus. by the way, he mentioned three significant hurdles in order for a -- not saying he would vote for a republican for speaker. but he mentioned is his threshold specific policy items and rules change that i doubt the majority would consider. just putting it in that context, there is no -- everybody has been united. the strength of this caucus has been something that all of us feel has been amazing. and it's because of this unity

he is acting speaker. so the speaker is in the line of succession. democratic caller. caller: today is unique. i don't understand how anyone can watch this unfold and republican party to be serious. they have no agenda beyond the culture war and more importantly and no ability to form a coalition with anyone outside the most extreme wing of their party. and at least they are providing some political entertainment for people who like watch the drama and the discussions. it would be nice to have a functioning government for even for a few years. and previous caller that matt gaetz filled the power vacuum. any adult see him a child throwing a fit because he didn't get what he wanted. that's all i have to say. host: let's listen to nancy mace, one of the eight republicans who voted to push out kevin mccarthy and talking to reporters outside of the capitol on the east steps after the vote. >> i have been fighting for women's rights before i came here. when roe v.wade. and he hasn't helped women in this country and i come from south carolina and you shake my hand and make a

and, also, it means that we go without a speaker. he is acting as the speaker pro tem.his is a continuity of government function that was put in place after 9/11 that you have somebody who kind of is administratively the speaker pro tem. they are not actually the speaker and that's what patrick mchenry is. it's pretty clear to me that they were not going to re-vote tonight. the house can't do anything until it elects a speaker. you can't put something on the floor, a bill. say to fund the government or honor a girl scout troop. committees are still in order. and, you know, jim jordan and others indicate oh, we are still going to forge ahead with our impeachment inquiry. but at some point might have you people even on the republican side of the aisle say you're focused on impeachment and we can't even elect a speaker and barely keep the government open? what are you doing? some moderates might blame them for that so, because they are not getting direction from the speaker. keep in mind that the speaker is the first person mentioned in the constitution. they are the const

norman: the speaker drama isn't going to continue. host: ralph norman, republican of south carolina there saying, it sounded like he's not endorsing the idea of giving patrick mchenry the temporary speaker more power to move on legislation. or he's not on board with giving jim jordan more time. he's supported jim jordan but he's saying the house should act now. that jim jordan is in there now. than in california, democratic caller what do you say? caller: one of the joys of retirement is i get to watch c-span more often. my first time calling here. i got three really quick points. you were in one, there are no moderate republicans left. they are crazy republicans. mchenry himself was the second generation firebrand coming in in the 2008 cycle. andall though she's now more of -- he's now more of an institutionalist he was part of the fire tbleefngd tea party in the early days there. so i don't see a moderate republican faction at all. as a result, republicans don't know how to compromise. they rely on their principles and they hold fas

speaker. he did the right thing. he did the right thing i think for the this institution. he showed it could function in a time of crisis. finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. he made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve some of the very objectives my friend from virginia laid out. and achieved them in divided government which calls for some degree of give and take. so i'm very proud of this speaker. very proud to stand behind him. tomorrow morning, win or lose, i'm going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with and extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for. the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. >> gentleman from florida. >> mr. speaker, my friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i who don't support kevin mccarthy would plunge the house and the country into chaos. chaos is speaker mccarthy. chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word. the one thing that the white house, house democrats, and

~ ., . speaker? i don't know that it will be next _ speaker?ill be next tuesday but - speaker? i don't know that it will be next tuesday but i'm| will be next tuesday but i'm confident that by the end of wednesday we will have a speaker will start working on appropriations bills, yes. congressmen ken buck, thank you so much forjoining us.— so much for “oining us. thank ou. the biden administration has weighed in on tuesday's events on capitol hill. after the vote, presidentjoe biden said, in a statement... "the urgent challenges facing our nation will not "wait", he hopes the house will quickly elect a speaker. the american people deserve leadership that puts the issues affecting their lives front and center. i spoke with democratic representative annie kuster for her take on the democrats role in all of this. are you surprised at what we saw transpire today?- saw transpire today? well, i wasn't surprised, _ saw transpire today? well, i wasn't surprised, because . saw transpire today? well, i i wasn't surprised, because we have seen it coming f

a speaker, we have finally gotten a speaker. with that i would say there is no crossover in voting. for the people out there who don't understand that, i apologize that it has been -- for you to know that yet. host: joanna, germantown, maryland, democratic caller. let me try again here for joanna. germantown, maryland, democratic caller. caller: good morning. host: good morning to you, go ahead. caller: my main comment is about ukraine, but i want to respond to that republican congressman you just talked to. number one, president biden didn't come out on january 1, 2021 and say we are not going to have an open order. he never said that. secondly in 2021 as well as in this packet she is proposing, money for border protection. more border agents and more immigration judges. and guess what, republicans voted against that. they voted against that in 2021. but my main comment is about ukraine, the funding for ukraine. we had a moral and strategic obligation to ukraine. first of all, let's talk about the strategic. if we allow putin t

to get the speaker's gavel. >> well, if you want to be speaker next time, do you want that rule? i don't think you -- i don't think you do. then the question is of course on substance. what do you do about ukraine? which has been raised here. and what do you do about the recalcitrant eight people? what are they going to demand? so it is really -- i mean, it's reconstituting the party in the house of representatives but it's also taking a look at the republican party writ large here. >> while a presidential campaign is playing out with donald trump as the dominant -- >> exactly. >> -- republican front-runner -- >> while donald trump is in court. >> while donald trump is in court. and rather silent on this issue today. i would imagine he's not going to be so silent once all the candidates for speaker come out. and he may want to inject himself into this going forward. >> you think? >> remember, he is the leader of this party. you were right to note, he's leading it from courtrooms and leading it under indictment. but he is the leader of this party and i know we're focused today on

speaker. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 5860, as modified. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing announcer: after passing the 45 days continuing resolution to temporarily fund the federal government, speaker kevin mccarthy spoke about efforts to pass the stopgap measure and also commented on a new york democratic representative to pull a fire alarm at the capital and rumors of a measure to oust him as speaker. how many i do not -- there is one thing we should start understanding that i will never give up, but i'm the type of conservative that wants to get things done. it is easy to be a conservative who wants to do

to be the next speaker. also ahead, eight years after donald trump came down the escalator and said mexico is sending rapists to the u.s., in a new interview, trump says undocumented immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. we'll get reaction from one of his republican presidential rivals. >>> plus a bold message exclusively to cnn from a female activist behind bars in iran who was just awarded the nobel peace prize. welcome to "the lead." why bother to continue to represent the good people of barks bakersfield, california when there is money to be made? we start today on capitol hill. moments ago sources told cnn that ousted house speaker kevin mccarthy is expected to resign from congress before the end of his term. he is expected to stick around through the election for his replacement which is expected to start next week. we don't know when it will end. those same sources say mccarthy does not plan to get involved in the speakers race where the two leading candidates are jim jordan of oh

that's what ended up kicking speaker mccarthy out of the speaker's seat. this is -- it's very difficult to govern. it's very difficult to govern with a narrow majority. if you are a republican with a democratic senate and president. these are the challenges that mccarthy had. i think that there was -- it was sort of between a rock and a hard place. to get the appropriations bills through lots of regular order. this is what he promised. a lot of the members in his conference voted -- promised to vote against these appropriations bills because they spent too much. but of course in order to get it passed through a democratic senate, you have to sort of cut as much as you would like. this is a delicate balance and it reflects what i think is a divide within the american people about how much to spend and how much to tax. divided government, divided view on these questions. for people who assert like matt gaetz that this is what the american people want, to cut the spending, it's not actually clear in the results of the elections. that's the problem that nobody

for speaker.e can't even move, for instance, that resolution that ali was talking about condemning hamas's violence in israel. that's something that probably has 400 votes if not 430 votes on the floor, but he can't even put it on the floor because there isn't a speaker of the house. and so you know, i do think the budget situation is something that hasn't gotten enough attention because of all the drama related to the speaker's race, and of course the war in the middle east as well, but you're right, we are baring down on that november 13th deadline. with each passing day that an appropriations bill is not passed in the house and senate, the likelihood of that getting done ahead of that november 13th date becomes less and less likely. we've already seen how difficult it is to pass a continuing resolution or a short-term spending bill that would allow the parties more time to negotiate on the finer points of the budget. but if you're not even talking about moving any appropriations bills, if you'r

you're going to see unity again on this speaker vote. we're going to say speaker jeffries. and again, i don't think it's too crazy of an idea that reasonable republicans hopefully would want to work for the sake of competence and community over chaos. so we'll stand ready to be united for the sake of the country and hopefully that's greater than those who want to wreak havoc. >> congressman swalwell, thanks for your time. >> my pleasure. >> joining me scott also cnn political commentate ovr alyssa farah griffin. and former congressman adam kinzinger. congressman dent, you know the house well, you served in the house with kevin mccarthy. what did you make of this mishegas? >> surrendering your way to victory is not winning. which is what happened when he got the speaker's gavel. he gave in to these guys on the motion to vacate, just one person -- >> he dug his own grave. >> he dug his grave. he put three of them on the rules committee, two on the appropriations committee. he just opened up an impeachment inquiry -- >> did he have any other choice, though, at the time? if he