So here we go again… Please direct all comments and links regarding the actual VOTING to this thread. Edit Confirmed, Mike Johnson is the next speaker after running the table of all present and voting Republicans, 220 to Hakeem Jeffries 209. If you’d like to know more about Mike Johnson, here’s a good link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/who-is-mike-johnson-republican-2020-election [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/who-is-mike-johnson-republican-2020-election] I’ll leave this pinned for 24 hours so everyone can catch up, then take it down. 1st vote count is in: Hakeem Jeffries - 212 (217 needed to win) Jim Jordan - 200 Steve Scalise - 7 Kevin McCarthy - 6 “Others” - 7 Jordan could have only lost 4 votes, he lost 20. 2nd vote: Jeffries - 212 Jordan - 199 Scalise - 7 McCarthy - 5 Zeldin - 3 “Others” - 7 (one each) Edit 3rd vote is in, House in recess. Jeffries - 210 Jordan - 194 Scalise - 8 McHenry - 6 Zeldin - 4 Donalds - 2 McCarthy - 2 “Others” - 3 (1 each) Matt Gaetz has vowed to oppose expanding the powers for McHenry: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4265284-gaetz-will-do-everything-possible-stop-empowering-mchenry/ [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4265284-gaetz-will-do-everything-possible-stop-empowering-mchenry/]