BREAKING: Kevin McCarthy officially secured the speaker’s gavel early Saturday, elected on the 15th ballot with 216 votes, after four days of unsuccessful House votes and some last-minute drama.
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Biggs and Good have both put out tweets tonight that they're still not voting for McCarthy.
McCarthy needs to flip some combination of the other four holdouts or get them to vote present
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SCALISE again says it looks like they will take another vote instead of adjourning now— we are heading to a 9th ballot
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Margaret got “imbroglio of indecision” into the opening prayer, and, for that, I salute her.
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Tonight in the U.S. House.
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Kevin McCarthy moved no closer to securing the speaker’s gavel after a second ballot in the floor election Tuesday.
And so far he's losing support on the third ballot.
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Quorum call confirmed all 434 recently elected members (-McEachin who died a few weeks after the election) are present for the 118th Congress.
That means 218 is still the majority threshold McCarthy needs to reach to become speaker, unless "present" votes come into play.
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Senate lines up 18 votes on 15 amendments to the omnibus, a standalone Rick Scott disaster relief bill, final passage. Votes will begin shortly.
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SCHEDULE UPDATE: The Senate will soon begin voting on a series of amendments in relation to the Omnibus appropriations bill
1. Passage of S.___ (Scott FL bill at the Desk) (Disaster relief supplemental appropriations)
2. Motion to waive Budget re: Omnibus
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Ah yes, the 8:45 p.m. bed check vote.
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Vote forecast: After the Senate reconvenes from the Joint Session (approximately 8:45pm), there will be up to 5 minutes of debate, and then the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #780 Agnes Schaefer to be an Asst. Secretary of the Army.
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Vote update: At approximately 5:45pm today, the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to proceed to the House message to accompany H.R.2617, the legislative vehicle for the Consolidated Appropriations Act FY2023.
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Omnibus procedural vote still expected this afternoon, but no official time is locked in. Timing has slipped a bit as the Senate instead votes on another nomination (Shriver to be OPM dep. director).
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House will be in session tomorrow. Expected to clear additional Senate-passed bills while waiting for the omnibus.
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The Chair declared the House adjourned at 12:04 PM. The House returns on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 12:00 PM for morning hour and 2:00 PM for legislative business.
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Schumer pushing for the omnibus to move ahead before folks get stuck in DC during the storm.
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BREAKING: The 4,155-page fiscal 2023 omnibus, catchall year-end bill is out:
appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/
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🚨 NDAA: The Senate passed, 83-11, the fiscal 2023 Pentagon policy bill, which would authorize nearly $858 billion for defense programs.
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Sen. Sanders announces he won't seek a procedural vote on his Yemen war powers resolution, as previously planned for tonight, after receiving fresh assurances from Biden admin to work on mutually acceptable language. But if that fails, he warns he will seek another vote
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As negotiators close in on an omnibus deal, Democratic negotiators acknowledge the party will be in a weaker position next year when Republicans take control of the House, so they may have to accept a lame-duck deal that's less than they prefer.
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What's going to happen on government funding next week ahead of the Dec. 16 deadline? We want to hear your predictions for our CQ Budget newsletter!
DM or email me (lindseymcpherson@cqrollcall.com) your thoughts if you want a shot at being included.
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NEWS: HASC Ranking Member Mike Rogers tells me the NDAA will be released today, and WILL include language to end the Pentagon’s covid vaccine mandate.
House will vote on it Thursday, he says.
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The Senate recessed instead of adjourning yesterday so they could fast-track the rail labor measure onto the Senate calendar today. No timeline announced yet to vote on passage, but this would allow them to file cloture tomorrow if needed.
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The Senate reconvened at 7:36pm, and the Senate completed the Rule 14 process to place H.J. Res. 100 (To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads and so forth) on the Calendar.
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Barring a last-minute hiccup, the House will vote next week on the #NDAA and the Senate will probably follow suit the week of Dec. 12, a knowledgeable Hill aide says.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a former House member, has crossed the Capitol for Pelosi's announcement. He said earlier this week he'd love her to run for Democratic leader again.
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Sen. Rick Scott is challenging Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for the top job in the Senate Republicans Conference, Scott Communications Director McKinley Lewis confirmed.
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Vote Forecast: Leader Schumer announced that the next roll call vote will occur on Monday, November 14th at 5:30pm.
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Huddle headline today: Can the Senate work its Thursday magic? 🪄✨
Answer: Yes.
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Schumer announces a 1:45 p.m. vote on the CR in hopes of averting a weekend government shutdown.
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