Day 4 of Speaker voting

The House of Representatives will have a 14th round of voting to elect the next Speaker of the House at 10 p.m. on Friday night.

Transcript

00:00200, 200, 213, 214.

00:04The House of Representatives is headed to its 14th round of voting at 10 p.m. on Friday night

00:09to elect a new Speaker of the House after failing for nearly four days straight.

00:13So a lot of you have been asking when will this end and why is it happening?

00:16Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.

00:18On the fourth day of voting, Republican Rep Kevin McCarthy seemed to make progress.

00:2214 previous detractors flipped their vote in favor of the Congressman during the 12th ballot,

00:27leaving him only three votes short of victory for the round.

00:3020 Republicans have voted against McCarthy to support a different member of the party.

00:3312 are election deniers, 19 are associated with one of the farthest right groups in the House,

00:38and 17 were endorsed by Donald Trump in 2022.

00:41These ultra-conservatives believe the Speaker should have less power

00:44and want to elect a leader that is more aligned with their far-right ideologies.

00:48Until a Speaker is elected, however, business in the House will not continue,

00:52no matter how long it takes.

00:53Back in 1856, it took lawmakers 133 rounds to make a decision on its Speaker.