Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Report that Liz Cheney is close to becoming Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is UNCONFIRMED.
Under House rules, the winning speaker candidate must attain a majority among all representatives. Assuming full attendance, the majority threshold is 217 in the 433-member House (Republicans have a 221-to-212 seat majority.
3 of the 10 GOP REPS told us they have switched to voting for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for Speaker. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries is no longer on track to become Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Hakeem Jeffries needed 10 GOP House members to vote “present,” which would have lowered the majority threshold to 212 votes – electing Democrat Hakeem Jeffries as elected speaker. GOP House speaker candidate can only afford to lose four Republicans out of the 217 in the conference if all Democrats vote against.
However, the majority line is determined by the votes cast “for a person by name,” so if a member were to vote “present,” that would lower the majority threshold.
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