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RT @pkcapitol: At risk of doing math, again: McCarthy has 214 votes, plus 2 Rs returning to Capitol after personal absences. So, 216. Ther… — PolitiTweet.org

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omg there's a motion from Scalise to adjourn until TEN PM TONIGHT. He requests the yeas and nays, so we're gonna have a recorded vote. (And I gotta say, Clerk Cheryl Johnson's skills as chair have improved substantially over the last four days) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: A source said that Crane is concerned about the politics of supporting McCarthy in his red district. Rosendale has positioned h… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: Rep. Matt Rosendale and incoming freshman Eli Crane are both the top targets for the furious lobbying campaign to get McCarthy… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jim_newell: smells supercommittee-y https://t.co/Ma9M5RULCf — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jaketapper: McCarthy to win 214 votes on 13th ballot. With GOP Reps Buck & Hunt absent, he needs 217 to win, meaning needs to pick up… — PolitiTweet.org

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i love that there's an implicit threat in all of these statements from the flippers, reminding mccarthy that they will not hesitate to try to oust him if he reneges on what he's promised them (a power that he already has given them) — PolitiTweet.org

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big applause from Dems for for Trone, who came back to vote after missing the first round due to a surgery this morning — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattGertz: Wait, they're going to lay out the specific cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid this would require? And do a no… — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway brace yourself for a slew of commentary along the lines of “after a Hail Mary that swung 15 votes his way, McCarthy has been stopped yet again on the 1-yard line” — PolitiTweet.org

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$5 to any GOP rep who casts a vote for “K-Dawg from B-ville” before all this is over — PolitiTweet.org

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Andy Harris flips to McCarthy as well, so it’s gonna be interesting (😬) to see what he got in exchange for that shift — PolitiTweet.org

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UNLUCKY 13: McCarthy finna lose this round too https://t.co/R2S8N7MGh9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Biggs, Boebert, and Crane have all withheld their votes from McCarthy so far still. Gaetz will as well. And, well, I v much doubt Good, Harris, and Rosendale all flip this time around, but I could be wrong! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alivitali: Wow. McCarthy “magic number” now at 217 for coming votes, barring any other future absences. cc @SteveKornacki — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EricMGarcia: Bingo! This is Kevin's biggest hurdle: If he gives someone like Andy Harris something, he has to screw one of his backers.… — PolitiTweet.org

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man, Comer is very excited that once they get past this, the House GOP will finally get to spend its time investigating Joe Biden https://t.co/Hrvo2k7Gkp — PolitiTweet.org

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Comer notes that the Democrats spent a lot of time investigating Trump for "potential wrongdoing in Ukraine and Russia." And now he pledges that his committee will investigate Biden for the same, aka exactly what Trump got impeached for pushing in 2019. — PolitiTweet.org

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Incoming House Oversight Committee chair James Comer is nominating McCarthy this time and using his time to talk about the need to both investigate the "lab leak theory" and Anthony Fauci. Cool. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is why Jeffries has one vote fewer than the last few days — PolitiTweet.org

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for the first time in 12 ballots, McCarthy will end this round with more votes than Hakeem Jeffries https://t.co/by0VaFIJn2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Missed that Burchett flipped as well. Ogles has as well, making it 14 flips for McCarthy. That's still four votes short of the total Kevin needs in the next round. And looking at this list, not sure who's gonna be the ones to swap over. https://t.co/wdNcgKAaSX — PolitiTweet.org

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Huhn, Buck doesn't answer the second call for his name either. But Gosar flips to Mcarthy as well!! Which is honestly surprising to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy would still need to peel off at least three of the anti-Kevin votes cast so far — and Gosar and Ogles still haven't voted. And yeah, based on who's left...not sure how that's gonna go for him. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep-elect Self flips as well, making it 11 votes changed over to McCarthy. And Spartz shifts from "present" to McCarthy as well, adding to the denominator of total votes cast. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep-elect Self flips as well, making it 11 votes changed over to McCarthy. And Sparks shifts from "present" to McCarthy as well, adding to the denominator of total votes cast. — PolitiTweet.org

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@maureenjohnson nope, not yet. — PolitiTweet.org

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Er, 10 flips as Chip Roy, the leader of one of the anti-Kevin factions votes for McCarthy. So that's half of the opposition swapped over, which is approaching the cap that most of the people monitoring the negotiations predicted for today's vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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So far that's 9 flips to McCarthy so far out of 20 total at the end of yesterday. And Rosendale votes "Kevin....HERN" keeping him three votes away from a majority based on those votes already cast. — PolitiTweet.org

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!! Scott Perry, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, flips as well to McCarthy — again adding "with good faith" to his vote — PolitiTweet.org