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

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

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

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

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

speaker pro tem, i'm proud to nominate hakeem jeffries for speaker. i yield back. [applause] host: california earlier today nominating hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader, to be speaker. as you saw earlier, the no candidate received enough votes -- no candidate received enough votes to become speaker. we are now 14 days without a speaker of the house. jim jordan fall 20g votes short of what he needed. 200 republicans voting for him. all 212 democrats voting for hakeem jeffries. many republicans voting for others like kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, etc. we're getting your reaction to how this unfolded today on the house floor. robert, naples, florida. hi, robert. caller: hi, how are you today. i was surprised, i was glad to hear that mario diaz-balart, he's my representative, was mentioned. he would make a fine speaker of the house. jim jordan is a firebrand, always has been. never passed a bill. is a member of the college of trump. i and as soon as we get that out america will function properly again. host: what do you think the party does at this juncture? they

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. 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

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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 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.

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

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. there was probably no way he could avoid that, but he knew the second he lowered this threshold down to one member, this was going to happen some day. john boehner faced this very threat. i think he could have survived that because he had some good will among democrats who probably would have stepped up and saved him. when paul ryan took over, he said look, i'm not going to live this way. i'm not going to be speaker of the house with this gun pointed at my head all the time. basically arranged a handshake agreement with the freedom caucus to say you're never going use this against me and that held for as long as we were there. mccarthy knew this day was coming. you can't govern like this when just any one member or five members, i guess, can set the, can make a constitutional change. a constitutional officer change hands. when teaming up with democrats. it's absurd. it's why he was pushed so many times to the right, to the right, to the right, making promises he knew he couldn't deliv

should mccarthy be speaker again? sure. should jordan be speaker? yes. it's ridiculous we cannot support any of these people that support and are in regular communication with trump. this country is torn apart because ofthis. you know, trump obviously didn't create everybody to be like this. but he allowed the prejudice, the violence, the division, and now, like i said, the whole world. god bless ukraine. let's not forget ukraine. host: susan, tell you what susan in south dakota, we appreciate your views. denise in polk, pennsylvania. republicans. caller: yesm i don't mind, we need a speaker. it doesn't matter if it's republican or democrat. but we need a speaker. now. we have nobody that -- we have nobody defending us at the border. we have israel that needs us. we have ukraine that needs us. we need -- the american people that needs us if these conflicts -- congressmen can't do their jobs then next year when we vote we get all new representatives in congress. stop playing with these old folks that have been in congress all these years and let's get new

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

mccarthy now the third shortest serving speaker to ever hold the gavel and now former speaker delivered a late night invective aimed squarely at those rebels. mccarthy says it is their turn to feel the heat. >> one thing i do know, this country is too great for small visions of those eight. one of the things when i was running for speaker that i said i couldn't get involved in primaries. i told the conference i'm a free agent now, aren't i? i think i'm pretty good at electing people. >> and we'll talk more in a bit about those eight rebels. but first to capitol hill where manu raju is standing by. i know you are getting new information about one of the candidates for speaker, jim jordan. what is he saying? >> reporter: yeah, i just caught up with him as he is meeting with the texas delegation which is the largest state sdelegatio talking about his pitch to become speaker, saying he wants to unite the republican conference. but in a very significant comment he just made to me, i asked him about if he is speaker would he move forward with the new aid package for ukraine and he said "i am

since when is a republican speaker going to keep a democratic speaker in? why could not four or five of those republicans who did not want mccarthy come over with the democrats? host: we will take your questions. guest: you make a really good point. that is the argument that the democrats on the hill are making. democrats never vote for republican speakers and two weeks ago when they put it with it republicans who opposed kevin mccarthy to vacated the speakership, that was the argument the democrats were making. we do not support republican speakers. mccarthy had a long list of things he had done that they did not like. most recently, going on tv on sunday after keeping the government open on saturday and winning democrats with the government shutdown shutdown when democrats provided a majority of the votes to keep the government open. that was a move mccarthy made him generate sixth, the trump experience -- made, january 6, the trump experience, a lot of arguments against mccarthy. as we tied it back to empower patrick mchenry, democrats are looking for co

speaker. whole house with those affected in particular friends and family of those who lost their lives, this morning i had meetings with colleagues in addition to duties in the house, i should have further such meetings today. >> thank you, mr. speaker and. express my sympathy to all those affected by the storms, two million people cannot be sustained from 2008 -- catastrophe is unleashed in gaza. only a hume ceasefire can bring about the scale of emergency aid that is needed. we must peak out when laws are breached, two million civilians, and million children of food and water. will he pris israel to restore the supply of the essentials. >> mr. speaker, it is important that we do everything that we can to get humanitarian aid to those who need it in gaza. we're doubling our international aid to the region and why the development minter is engaged with our partners on the ground to ensure the aid gets to people. >> thank you, mr. speaker. double child rapist and murderer collin had a parole h

of the speaker without having chosen a speaker makes no sense. we need to take a step back, do our job and choose a speaker. host: arguments for and against empowering the speaker pro tem, what do you think of that? michael, republican caller. caller: how are you today? host: good morning. caller: yes, i am talking about the speaker. i think what is going on in the house is ridiculous. they are supposed to be there for the people, they are making it personal. it is business. it is sad because i don't think republicans can do anything right. if they wanted to elect joe biden again, they are helping him now. i think they're making a big mistake. get back to work, the world is in chaos. they said it was chaos under mr. trump, i find that hard to believe. this is really bad stuff. i hope they get back to work, do the job for the american people. host: who should be the speaker? caller: i honestly don't know. i think they should go outside the house. find somebody. nobody is going to agree with anybody that is in that house. host: how do you find a co

he is the speaker of the house. not the speaker of the republican party. the speaker of the house. and he chose not to do that, to try to curry favor with a group that was never, ever going to be on his side. >> to abby's point, he gave them the weapon. he gave matt gaetz the weapon. i know eight people voted to vacate him. none of them lead it except for gaetz. >> gaetz is the face of this. >> completely. none of the other seven would have led this thing. mccarthy gave them the weapon. and to harry and abby's point, the maga -- this is a maga conference. these eight are different. there's something else different going on here. >> one quick point here, the last meeting we heard about behind closed doors the other day, somebody called matt gaets a scumbag, it just devolved. it was disgusting and unprofessional and inappropriate. do we have any reason to believe what's about to happen in half an hour will be any different? >> no. >> they booed him on the floor today. >> they dislike him vehemently, and this is going to be much, much worse. you can't remove him for being a jek. but h

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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. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. think pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from illinois, mr. bost. mr. bost: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> pursuant to clause 7 of rule 20, i move a call of the house. the speaker pro tempore: under clause 7-b of rule 20, the chair confers recognition for that purpose. without objection a call of the house is ordered. members will record their presence by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial

becoming speaker. republican conference vice ai armed services and judiciary committee, republica study committee chair, ande was first elected in 2016. want to get your views on hearing about the election of mike johnson. 202-748-8021 for republicans. all others 748-8922. you can see the text number there at the bottom as well. 748-8903. if you do send a text, include your first name and city. we are going to start with a call from mike johnson's own district in louisiana, robert a republican there. what can you tell us about your congressman? caller: i've known mike for many, many years. who is he? he's our congressman northwest louisiana. he is a very honest, decent, fair man who will do an honorable job, awesome job as speaker of the house. the nation needs to know that you are in good hands. you heard him speak. in good hands. some people may not know who he is. i have known him for many, many years. host: how have you known him? professionally or personal level? caller: well, personal level, actu

speaker, i rise to nominate jim jordan for the speaker of the house. i've listened to the speeches this week and i can already tell you what my friends on the other side will say using their poll tested phrased. but let me correct the record. jim jordan is an effective legislator. to legislate is about more than the name on the bill. it's about reaching compromise and working long hours behind the scenes. to get the job done. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the gentleman may resume. mr. mccarthy: where you are chairman of the committee you are responsible for dozens of bills passing the house and being signed into law. so let me tell you a few facts that don't come out in the polls. as leader of the judiciary committee, jim has passed more bills through the house in just three years than the entire democrat leadership team that has their collective 28 years in congress. mr. aguilar has a whopping one whole bill signed into law. a post office in san bernardino. i guess that's good enough to be caucus chair. jim jordan, on the othe

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

when the rest of a republican speaker under fire, ryan speaker, ryan to resign was mass cases. that would be chaos for us to replace the speaker and turn to fly. ready over to the democrats, these done would be opponent correctly 5 years ago. it is driven personally, it is a personal vendetta. and the speaker is right when he says so, and mr. gates almost alexis out. right, in terms of what the speaker was, that guy will make a little news for you tonight. uh the speaker will not see could speak to him, a car will not seek to return to the speakership. i can tell you that this night definitively he will not see the office again. very interesting uh that you tell us this because he did say that he wanted to fight and the expectation was that he would again perhaps put his name forward for the role of speaker. again, you know, you're doing it for me. he will not do that though. there will in short order republicans need to find an alternative. we can speak about that in very short order. your viewers need to understand that so long as there does have speaker board cameras, your e

host: it was former speaker boehner and former speaker gingrich. you can find online on exrveg both supporting this idea of the expansion of powers when it comes to speaker pro tem. speaker gingrich put out an op-ed on it. it was picked up by robert costa of "the washington post." it was agreed upon by the former speaker of the house john boehner on his x feed. again that's just one of the options that could play out during the course of the day. you're seeing the house of representatives there. just about to come in to start this process. at least we were told, 11:00 was the time. but we will take your calls until that time. 202-748-8921 for republicans. 202-748-8920 for democrats. 202-748-8922 for all others. post on x,@cspanwj. mason in tennessee. you are next. independent line. hi there. caller: yeah, i was just call, i wanted to address the fellow from arizona of color. host: let's stick to the house speaker race.

he's our speaker designate. personally, i think we should stay and finish this but that's up to him and i'm going to respect his decision and whatever jim needs from me, i'll do that. reporter: you think there will be a speaker vote monday or is it a possibility? >> all in the hands of jim jordan. i think it's very possible but it's in his hands. reporter: what do you think the second vote tally is indicative he'll get the 217 on the floor, does it show he can get the 217? >> i think he can but there's a lot of work that has to be done in a short amount of time. so we'll see how his teamworks through that and any type of situation. it's not really something that other members can do. it's going to be him with those people to find a way to get there. reporter: were you surprised at the total he got in there? >> yeah, i thought it would be higher. so look, i'm consistent with you guys, ok. get back to work and figure out a way and that's what we have to do. reporter: if it comes to jordan, you want to be speaker?

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speaker. you will see that play out and you can continue to follow along on our main channel c-span one that is where we have a coverage of the house and then c-span2 we continue, you can watch on there. and if you're out and about you can download the mobile app c-span now to follow along that way as well. the house of representatives is about to go in. we take you to them now. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington being d.c. october 3, 2023. i hereby appoint the honorable laurie chavez-deremer 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 the house of january 9, 2023, th

the room was being reassigned by the acting speaker for speaker offer -- office use.chenry was first on list -- on the list to become the acting speaker. only a select few house lawmakers get hideaway offices in the capital. here's an image from the outside of the office as staff were spotted packing up things from that hideaway office. just one of the things that emerged yesterday after the vote ousting kevin mccarthy as speaker. we are inviting you to give us your thoughts on that. patrice in south carolina, republican line, good morning. caller: mccarthy failed his promises not only to his fellow republicans but we the people as well. he had a timeline to get under control outrageous spending from the war, 80,000 irs agents, doj weaponized, just to name a few things, and he failed on all of those things. i would hope they would put trump in as speaker of the house. also i am glad they are removing pelosi. host: that is patrice on the republican line. anderson is next, new york city, independent line. >> caller: matt gaetz put on the most despicable display i have e

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

speaker?sylvania avenue. if he wants to be speaker, that's fine also. >> -- best for the country, and for the republican party. >> -- take that job? >> a lot of people have asked me about it. >> republicans are already flooding the possibility of making al trump speaker of the house, on one level it seems obviously we take a listen farfetched, but there is also some part of me that thinks, do not bet against the stupidest possible thing happening. i am worried that trump somehow thinks serving as speaker could protect him -- really, this is my theory, someone has told him this, that the speech debate clause of the constitution, which shields members of congress from legal action over their legislative work could give him some kind of magic invisibility cloak against prosecution. david plouffe served as campaign manager for the 2008 obama campaign, as senior adviser to president obama, and michelle goldberg is an opinion columnist at the new york times. both join me now. david, i guess i will s

speaker. the one thing i know never having been one or aspired to be one, that it takes a spine of steel to do this job. my friend has that kind of determination, has that kind of character and spine. i think the next speaker is going to need that quality and i know my friend has it in great abundance. decision, my friends. 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, a lot of his focus was on spending. that's exactly where the focus of this house ought to be. he's laid out a plan not just a short-term plan, as to how we deal with the appropriations process, i'm an appropriator. i think i know that that's not the root of the problem. but unlike any other speaker we have had, he's had the courage to talk about a long-term plan. and to get at the real drivers of debt. we all know what they are. we all know it's social security. we all know it's medicare. we all know it's medicaid. no president of either side has be

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

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: 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

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

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.

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. 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.