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RT @TheLeadCNN: CNN: Rep. Kevin McCarthy is focusing on two GOP holdouts in his quest for House Speaker. A long night is expected when the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNNSotu: SUNDAY: @SarahAMatthews1, @marctshort, @RepColinAllred & @finneyk join @jaketapper on the #CNNSOTU panel. https://t.co/UKuhWQA… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepSpartz: Freedom-loving conservatives will never be ruled with an iron fist. This process will make our majority only stronger and mo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLeadCNN: Rep. Kevin McCarthy is confident he'll have votes to be elected Speaker tonight. @RepChrisStewart discusses the Speaker vot… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLeadCNN: What concessions will Rep. Kevin McCarthy make to bring more Republicans to vote for him to be Speaker? @kasie, @DanaBashCN… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KateSullivanDC: Key holdout Eli Crane tells me he has not been swayed and will not vote for McCarthy for speaker because his constitue… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNNSotu: SUNDAY: @RepKClark joins @jaketapper on #CNNSOTU. https://t.co/ZrsDCD8uHP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SeamusHughes: This is a story about a text message, a disdain for ivory towers, and a desire to create a nonpartisan record of the even… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNNSotu: SUNDAY: @RepDanCrenshaw joins @jaketapper on #CNNSOTU. https://t.co/8G6ipcIavX — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanaBashCNN: I walked those halls for years trying to ask questions while on live TV - this was next level. Well done @mkraju @tedbarre… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@mkraju reports @EliCraneAZ and @RepRosendale are McCarthy team's top targets to flip — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy to win 214 votes on 13th ballot. With GOP Reps Buck & Hunt absent, he needs 217 to win, meaning needs to pick up 3 of 6 rebels. @RepBrianFitz told me Buck & Hunt are returning which would mean 218-vote threshold but KM w/ 216 votes. So then he will need to pick up 2 — PolitiTweet.org

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So @GOPLeader McCarthy will lose his bid for Speakership on this 13th ballot, though he now has flipped 15 rebels into his camp. 6 holdouts remain: Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Gaetz, Good, Rosendale. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: Harris had wanted an appropriations subcommittee gavel, but there was intense push back from the rest of conference. McCarthy… — PolitiTweet.org

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So far today, 15 rebels have voted for @GOPLeader McCarthy, putting the Speakership within reach for the first time during this process. The holdouts so far on this 13th ballot: Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Gaetz, Good. Still waiting to see how rebel Rosendale votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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15th flip today from rebel camp to McCarthy: @RepAndyHarrisMD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepDavidTrone: 7AM: Surgery 2PM: Back at the Capitol, still wearing my slippers and hospital socks Time to vote for Hakeem Jeffries! h… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@morgan_rimmer reports: Asked by CNN why he changed his vote, Rep.-elect Brecheen said, "a potential transformative deal that can outlive any speaker up here on rules." — PolitiTweet.org

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12th ballot, still no Speaker 213 - @GOPLeader McCarthy 211 - @RepJeffries 4 - @Jim_Jordan 3 - @repkevinhern BUT 14 pickups for McCarthy & first time he got more votes than Jeffries ...ON TO 13th BALLOT! — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep David Trone, D-MD, has returned to the House, after missing the 12th ballot. Democrats say this brings the number of votes McCarthy will need to win from 216 to 217 — PolitiTweet.org

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So the 7 holdouts right now are: Biggs Boebert Crane Gaetz Good Harris Rosendale As of now it appears McCarthy needs to pick up three of them to become Speaker — PolitiTweet.org

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So the 7 holdouts right now are: Biggs Boebert Crane Good Harris Rosendale As of now it appears McCarthy needs to pick up three of them to become Speaker — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep @AndyOgles the 14th pickup for McCarthy — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepGosar flips to McCarthy, is the 13th pickup — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SelfForCongress and @RepSpartz are the 11th and 12th flips into McCarthy camp — PolitiTweet.org

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.@chiproytx is the 10th rebel to flip to McCarthy — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy just picked up 9th rebel, @RepScottPerry — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy just picked up 8th rebel @RepRalphNorman -- despite Norman having told @mkraju an hour ago that he was going to vote for @ByronDonalds — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy just picked off 7th rebel @RepMaryMiller — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy just picked off a 6th rebel -- freshman Rep @realannapaulina Luna, R-FL... keep an eye on Ralph Norman, Andy Ogles, Scott Perry, Chip Roy, Keith Self, Victoria Spartz — PolitiTweet.org