If you’re just tuning in, here’s where things stand as of late Friday afternoon:

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• House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy lost a 13th consecutive vote for the speakership today, though he has inched closer to earning enough votes.

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• Fifteen far-right holdouts dropped their opposition and voted for McCarthy, after the congressman from California appeared willing to accept a proposal that would undermine his own power, including making it easier for the speaker to be removed.

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• The Republicans who have continued to vote against McCarthy are: Andy Biggs of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana and Eli Crane of Arizona.

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• McCarthy for the first time today was the top vote winner, surpassing the Democrats’ choice for speaker, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, though McCarthy still hasn’t received the 218 votes he needs to secure the gavel.

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• The GOP holdouts voted for congressman Jim Jordan in the latest round.

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• Republicans have voted to adjourn until 10pm on Friday.

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• With no speaker, the House continues to be unable to do its business and new members cannot be sworn in.

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Joe Biden has honored the “heroes” who repelled the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, by awarding them presidential citizens medals at the White House on Friday on the second anniversary of the insurrection. He insisted there was “zero place in America for political violence”.

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The president delivered a powerful speech denouncing the rioters who overran the Capitol building at Donald Trump’s behest as he attempted to remain in office, and praising the law enforcement officers who stood in their way.

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A violent mob of insurrectionists assaulted law enforcement, vandalized sacred halls, hunted down elected officials, all for the purpose of attempting to overthrow the will of the people and usurp the peaceful transfer of power.

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All of it was fueled by lies about the 2020 election. But on this day, two years ago, our democracy held because we the people, as the Constitution refers to us, did not flinch. We the people endured. We the people prevailed.

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Biden awarded the medals, the primary of his administration, to 12 “extraordinary People”, together with 5 regulation enforcement officers who misplaced their lives. Family of the fallen officers accepted the awards on their behalf, amongst them Gladys Sicknick, mom of fallen Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick:

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Historical past will bear in mind your names, your braveness, your bravery, your extraordinary dedication to your fellow People.

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America owes you all a debt of gratitude that we will by no means totally repay until we dwell as much as what you probably did.

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Kevin McCarthy says he has enough votes to win election as speaker of the House on Friday night in a what could be the final act of a drawn out saga.

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Speaking with reporters just now, the California Republican, who has lost 13 straight votes over four days, said he was confident he finally has enough support to prevail.

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House members have just voted to adjourn until 10pm, after which time, McCarthy says, colleagues will finally propel him to the speakership in a 14th vote:

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We’ll come back tonight. I believe at that time we’ll have the votes to finish this once and for all.

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It just reminds me of what my father always told me. It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish. And now we have to finish for the American public.“

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The adjournment will allow two Republican congress members absent from today’s two votes so far to return to Washington DC, and for McCarthy’s allies to work further on two of the six holdouts who still block his pathway.

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Specifically, RepublicansMatt Rosendale of Montana and Eli Crane of Arizona are believed to be the 2 most definitely members of the so-called “By no means Kevins” to flip.

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McCarthy gained Friday’s two votes up to now, with 213 and 214 votes respectively, nonetheless shy of the edge he wants. However he picked up important momentum, flipping 15 of the 20 rebels who opposed him beforehand.

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In his transient feedback to reporters simply now, he brushed apart criticism that the size of the method had undermined Republicans’ potential to manipulate:

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Getting collectively and simply discovering the power of how we’re going to work collectively… it’s new for us, being in a good majority [but] on the finish of the day, we’re going to be more practical, extra environment friendly. And positively authorities’s going to be extra accountable.

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That’s the good half, as a result of it took this lengthy now we realized the way to govern. So now we’ll be capable to get the job finished.

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Joe Biden is speaking now at the White House to pay tribute to the law enforcement officers who defended the US Capitol against a violent mob of Donald Trump-incited insurrectionists two years ago.

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We’ll bring you the best of his comments very shortly.

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.@POTUS: “But on this day two years ago, our democracy held because We the People did not flinch. We the People endured. We the People prevailed.

And on this day of remembrance, we honor a remarkable group of Americans who embodied the best.”

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) January 6, 2023

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You can follow the president’s speech here:

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Happening Now: President Biden marks two years since the January 6th insurrection during a Presidential Citizens Medal ceremony. https://t.co/LVhkWzSs8e

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 6, 2023

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Six of the seven hardline Republican holdouts blocking Kevin McCarthy’s path to the House speakership held firm in a 13th round of voting, thwarting once again the Californian’s pathway to the gavel.

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McCarthy won 214 votes, still shy of the threshold he needs. But he did flip the vote of Andy Harris of Maryland, potentially leaving him just two more votes away from victory assuming the chamber embarks on a 14th ballot on Friday afternoon.

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The other six so-called “Never Kevins” voted for Ohio’s Jim Jordan, who was not nominated, meaning there was not enough support for McCarthy to win on this vote.

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They included Andy Biggs of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Matt Gaetz of Florida, among the most vocal of McCarthy’s opponents. Earlier Friday, several House members walked out as Gaetz attacked McCarthy from the floor.

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McCarthy’s allies, meanwhile, will be encouraged by the apparently successful strategy of picking off the rebels one by one to put him on the brink of victory. It represents an astonishing turnaround in his fortunes from 11 votes over three days earlier this week, during which at least 20 Republicans opposed him every time.

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McCarthy agreed to many of the detractors’ demands, according to the Associated Press, including the reinstatement of a longstanding House rule that would allow any single member to call a vote to oust him from office.

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That change and others mean the job he fought so hard to gain will be somewhat weakened, assuming he emerges triumphant.

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There are now 6 GOP holdouts left in the election for Speaker of the House. McCarthy needs two votes from this group to win:

Biggs AZ
Boebert CO
Crane AZ
Gaetz FL
Good VA
Rosendale MT

The 6 all sat together in one row during this latest vote.

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 6, 2023

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Rejuvenated allies of Kevin McCarthy have touted the California Republican for an imminent 13th House speaker vote, more confident that this time they may have the support he needs to secure the gavel.

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Round 12 earlier this afternoon saw McCarthy flip more than a dozen of the 20 Republican holdouts who have so far blocked his path to the speakership.

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Some frantic horse trading has taken place, and McCarthy’s team is optimistic and ready to go again.

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Kentucky Republican James Comer has just delivered a fiery speech nominating McCarthy, promising investigations into Joe Biden and his dealings with Ukraine and Russia.

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Congresswoman Veronica Escobar of Texas is nominating Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic party’s leader in the House, for speaker.

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There are no other nominations, for the first time.

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Voting is under way and it seems to be a two-way fight between McCarthy and Jeffries, potentially a good sign for the Republican that this could finally be the vote in which he wins the speaker’s gavel.

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It’s been a lively morning in US politics and there is a lot more drama ahead. The House still does not have a speaker but California Republican Kevin McCarthy is finally making some progress. In a few minutes, Joe Biden is due to speak at the White House on the second anniversary of the January 6 insurrection by extremist supporters of Donald Trump, encouraged by the-then president. Biden will also present medals to a group of people who upheld the law and US democracy on January 6, 2021, and in the 2020 election and its aftermath against dangerous opposition from the far right.

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Here’s where things stand:

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• Kevin McCarthy lost a historic 12th round of voting in his tortured quest to become House speaker – but the California Republican picked up support from several of the hardline Republican rebels who have consistently opposed him.

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• Tribute was paid in Washington, DC, this morning to the late law enforcement officers who defended the US Capitol against Trump’s mob of insurrectionists two years ago today. The “tremendous bravery” of the five law enforcement officers who lost their lives as a result of the riot, 140 more who were injured, and hundreds of others on duty that day were honored by current Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries and predecessor Nancy Pelosi, the most recent speaker.

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• The House of Representatives reconvened for the fourth day of the 118th Congress without a speaker. And the voting began again. The House can do no business until a speaker is elected, including swearing in its members.

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• Another lawsuit against Trump. The partner ofCapitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress, has sued Donald Trump.

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• California’s governor Gavin Newsom, a rising star in the Democratic party, will be sworn in for his second term on Friday by comparing his leadership style with that of Republican governors and former president Donald Trump. He is widely seen as a future presidential candidate, though he says he plans to support Joe Biden in 2024.

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Kevin McCarthy appears to have lost a 12th vote to become House speaker, but picked up support from several of the hardline Republican rebels who have consistently opposed him.

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Voting is still under way but enough Republicans have voted against him to deny the Californian Republican the 217 votes he needed. (The threshold had fallen by one from 218 because at least two House members voted only “present”).

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In 11 previous votes over three days, 20 Republican holdouts voted consistently against McCarthy. In Friday’s first vote, at least six switched their support to him, after overnight negotiations between the rebels and McCarthy’s team, and a conference call this morning.

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The next steps remain unclear, although more negotiations are likely this afternoon to win over more of the holdouts as McCarthy’s allies attempt to build on the momentum.

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McCarthy spoke optimistically as he entered the chamber ahead of the vote.

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“I feel good, I think you’re going to see an improvement in the vote today, we have a couple members who unfortunately are out so we’re seeing progress,” he told reporters.

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“My father always told me one thing, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.”

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Mike Garcia, a Republican congressman from California, is on his feet nominating Kevin McCarthy for speaker (again), and a 12th vote looks like it’s imminent.

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“This is not about Kevin McCarthy,” Garcia is insisting, even though it is. He’s paying tribute to US service members, and addressing the fentanyl crisis even as he’s urging his colleagues to support McCarthy.

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He’s also talking directly to Democrats, and drawing boos, as he takes a dig over them voting from home during the pandemic. He’s been rebuked for not directing his remarks through the chair.

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“We are on the verge of a very important victory… a victory for the future of our nation,” he insists, although it’s far from clear McCarthy has even close to the 218 votes he will need to win the speaker’s gavel.

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Democrat James Clyburn of South Carolina is nominating Hakeem Jeffries as his party’s nominee for a 12th time. Jeffries, the party’s leader in the House, has won all 212 Democrat votes in every round of voting so far.

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It’s just after noon and the House is reconvening now to pick up the already tortuous quest to seat a speaker. But two Republicans at least won’t be there.

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Congressman-elect Wesley Hunt of Texas is heading home to be with his premature newborn son.

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"This has been a challenging week for the American people and for my family. A few days ago, my wife Emily gave birth to our son Willie, who was born premature and spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit."

— Rep. Wesley Hunt Press Office (@RepWesleyHunt) January 6, 2023

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Ken Buck of Colorado was reportedly taken ill on Thursday and left Washington DC to recuperate, after colleagues persuaded him it was OK to leave town.

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The math remains uncertain for Kevin McCarthy’s attempts to get the 218 votes he needs, if indeed a 12th vote is to take place on Friday. The California Republican has, as we already know, lost 11 straight votes over three days so far.

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Whether his allies will now seek to postpone any more voting and attempt to push the next vote into next week is yet to be seen. And if they do, will any such adjournment measure attract enough support to succeed?

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We’re about to find out. 275 members are present this afternoon in the House, and business is just getting under way.

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America’s employers added 223,000 jobs in December, according to a report released Friday morning.

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The Associated Press suggests it’s evidence the economy remains healthy even as the Federal Reserve is rapidly raising interest rates to try to slow economic growth and the pace of hiring.

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The White House, naturally, is crowing:

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The lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. https://t.co/jQD67NiGvN

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 6, 2023

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With companies continuing to add jobs across the economy, the unemployment rate fell from 3.6% to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low. The report suggested that the labor market may be cooling in a way that could aid the Fed’s fight against high inflation. Last month’s gain was the smallest in two years, and it extended a hiring slowdown for most of 2022.

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In a statement, Joe Biden said the news was proof the country was “moving in the right direction”:

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These historic jobs and unemployment gains are giving workers more power and American families more breathing room.

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We have more work to do, and we may face setbacks along the way, but it is clear that my economic strategy of growing the economy from the bottom up and middle out is working.

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Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi have just been leading an emotional commemoration on the steps of the US Capitol building to mark the “solemn day” of the second anniversary of the deadly January 6 Capitol riot.

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Hundreds of Congress members, many in tears, flanked Jeffries, the new Democratic leader, as he paid tribute to the five law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the rampage of violence from a mob loyal to defeated president Donald Trump.

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He said: “Many more will forever be scarred by the bloodthirsty violence of the insurrection of this mob.”

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The ceremony included households of the fallen officers studying out their names, and concluded with 140 seconds of silence, one for every officer injured throughout the assault.

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Jeffries led the occasion for the primary time as Democratic chief and introduced it was a bipartisan gathering of lawmakers. However there was no signal of Republican management, and lots of Republican Home members had been engaged in a simultaneous convention name with occasion chief Kevin McCarthy as he pleaded for his or her help in an upcoming twelfth spherical of voting for the speakership.

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CNN’s congressional reporter Kristin Wilson tweeted that just one Republican congress member was current, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.

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Home members collect to mark the second anniversary of January sixth

Just one Republican member was current. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. pic.twitter.com/j2dLSeACNi

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Jeffries stated:

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We stand right here at this time with our democracy intact due to these officers. Violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol and tried to halt the peaceable switch of energy, a cornerstone of our republic. They failed.

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Pelosi, who stood down as speaker after Republicans seized management of the Home in November’s midterm elections, dabbed at tears as she listened to Jeffries remarks, and paid her personal tribute to the officers:

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The January 6 riot shook our republic to the core. For a lot of within the Congress and throughout our nation, the bodily, psychological, and emotional scars are nonetheless improper.

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But from the unspeakable horror sprang extraordinary heroism. Regulation enforcement heroes confronted the riot is to guard the Capitol, the Congress and our Structure.

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Kevin McCarthy’s team insists there has been progress in negotiations with the hard-right Republican rebels who have denied him the speakership through 11 straight votes, but whether it’s the breakthrough the California Republican so desperately needs is far from certain.

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The House reconvenes at noon Friday in what has already been the lengthiest search for a speaker in 159 years, with an increasingly anguished McCarthy offering more concessions to the holdouts to try to secure the 218 votes he needs.

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The Washington Post on Friday was among several media outlets reporting signs emerging of a possible deal to end the impasse yet, crucially, notes that while it reflects “considerable momentum” for McCarthy, the expectation is he “will not get all the votes necessary to become speaker”.

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Moderate Republicans are also growing restless after three days of voting in which McCarthy has failed to show any progress towards the winning threshold, and a group of 20 House Republicans has consistently voted against him.

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One Republican lawmaker told Politico Playbook on Friday:

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There is a limit to how much of this crap we can take.

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The website reports mounting frustration among a sizeable number of others, some of whom want to be out of Washington DC to be with sick relatives, attend family funerals or meet new babies for the first time.

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“There’s a lot more at stake than whether Kevin McCarthy’s going to be able to get the gavel,” the lawmaker told Playbook.

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“We’ve got lives that are being impacted right now, and this is tough for people.”

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The other area of concern is how much McCarthy seems to be giving away to the hardliners in order to make a deal.

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The Post, and others, say he has now consented to reduce the threshold from five to one of the number of House members needed to raise a “vacate the chair” motion, making it easier for the speaker to be ousted.

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That’s all for our dwell protection for now, thanks for following alongside. Some hyperlinks from the day:

• Senior Democrats led a big gathering on the steps of the US Capitol to commemorate the the second anniversary of the lethal January 6 riot by extremist supporters of Donald Trump.

• The Home Republican chief, Kevin McCarthy, got here inside putting distance of profitable the speakership, in a transparent signal of momentum regardless of shedding a thirteenth consecutive vote on the fourth day of a grinding intra-party showdown.

• The speaker election spectacle reveals that the winner will face important hurdles in attempting to advance laws, together with must-pass payments.

• Joe Biden has honored the “heroes” who repelled the lethal January 6 Capitol riot, by awarding them presidential residents medals.

• The accomplice of Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the January 6 assault, has sued Donald Trump, alleging that the previous president’s “marketing campaign of lies and incendiary rhetoric” motivated the mob.

Eli Crane, the congressman-elect from Arizona and one other vital holdout, has additionally stated he’ll proceed voting towards Kevin McCarthy.

Crane told CNN:

“I’m representing my constituents again house. In my district they don’t help Kevin McCarthy.”

CNN reported that Crane pointed to the phrase “consultant” outdoors his door and added: “It’s that straightforward. Lots of people neglect that up right here.”

If each member of Congress casts a poll, McCarthy wants 218 votes to win, which implies he can only lose four GOP votes. As of this afternoon, there have been six Republican holdouts blocking McCarthy, together with Crane and congressman Andy Biggs, additionally of Arizona, who has simply tweeted that he was “nonetheless holding the road”. Two different holdouts, Matt Gaetz of Florida and Bob Good of Virginia, have beforehand prompt that they might not vote for McCarthy under any circumstance.

The remaining two who’ve voted towards McCarthy are Matt Rosendale of Montana and Lauren Boebert of Colorado.

Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona, one of many anti-McCarthy holdouts, says he’s “nonetheless holding the road” in a brand new tweet.

I'm nonetheless holding the road.

If we will't make a change when there is a chance to do it, then when can we?

I'm not going to take part within the continuation of the Uniparty.

Neither ought to our constituents. pic.twitter.com/yjZiJkfmE7

— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) January 6, 2023

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I am nonetheless holding the road.

If we won’t make a change when there is a chance to do it, then when can we?

I am not going to take part within the continuation of the Uniparty.

Neither ought to our constituents. pic.twitter.com/yjZiJkfmE7

— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) January 6, 2023

Biggs and congressman Matt Gaetz have been fundraising off of their opposition to McCarthy in latest days:

Biggs, too. https://t.co/EBEgXhxCw0pic.twitter.com/sRiNVuYLO0

— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) January 5, 2023

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You possibly can watch excerpts of Joe Biden’s speech on the January 6 assaults right here:

Two years in the past … our democracy was attacked. There’s no different manner of claiming it. The US Capitol was breached, which had by no means occurred earlier than within the historical past of the US of America, even throughout the civil conflict. A violent mob of insurrectionists assaulted regulation enforcement, vandalized sacred halls, hunted down elected officers – all for the aim of the try to overthrow the need of the folks and usurp the peaceable switch of energy. All of it, all of it was fueled by lies in regards to the 2020 election. However on this present day two years in the past, our democracy held, as a result of we the folks … didn’t flinch. We the folks endured, we the folks prevailed, and historical past will bear in mind your names.”

Abstract

For those who’re simply tuning in, right here’s the place issues stand as of late Friday afternoon:

• Home Republican chief Kevin McCarthy misplaced a thirteenth consecutive vote for the speakership at this time, although he has inched nearer to incomes sufficient votes.

• Fifteen far-right holdouts dropped their opposition and voted for McCarthy, after the congressman from California appeared prepared to just accept a proposal that might undermine his personal energy, together with making it simpler for the speaker to be eliminated.

• The Republicans who’ve continued to vote against McCarthy are: Andy Biggs of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana and Eli Crane of Arizona.

• McCarthy for the primary time at this time was the highest vote winner, surpassing the Democrats’ alternative for speaker, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, although McCarthy nonetheless hasn’t acquired the 218 votes he must safe the gavel.

• The GOP holdouts voted for congressman Jim Jordan within the newest spherical.

• Republicans have voted to adjourn till 10pm on Friday.

• With no speaker, the Home continues to be unable to do its enterprise and new members can’t be sworn in.

Hello all – Sam Levin right here persevering with our dwell protection for the remainder of the day.

Congressman Matt Gaetz, a vocal member of the “By no means Kevins”, appeared to concede that Kevin McCarthy would possibly finally grow to be speaker, NBC Information has reported.

“I believe the Home is in so much higher place with a number of the work that’s been finished to democratize energy out of the speakership and that’s our aim,” Gaetz stated this afternoon, in response to the station, which reported that he had been huddled with the rightwing extremist congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who has additionally staunchly opposed McCarthy.

Extra right here on the newest developments.

Biden honors ‘heroes’ of lethal January 6 Capitol assault

Joe Biden has honored the “heroes” who repelled the lethal January 6 Capitol riot, by awarding them presidential residents medals on the White Home on Friday on the second anniversary of the riot. He insisted there was “zero place in America for political violence”.

The president delivered a strong speech denouncing the rioters who overran the Capitol constructing at Donald Trump’s behest as he tried to stay in workplace, and praising the regulation enforcement officers who stood of their manner.

A violent mob of insurrectionists assaulted regulation enforcement, vandalized sacred halls, hunted down elected officers, all for the aim of trying to overthrow the need of the folks and usurp the peaceable switch of energy.

All of it was fueled by lies in regards to the 2020 election. However on this present day, two years in the past, our democracy held as a result of we the folks, because the Structure refers to us, didn’t flinch. We the folks endured. We the folks prevailed.

Biden awarded the medals, the primary of his administration, to 12 “extraordinary People”, together with 5 regulation enforcement officers who misplaced their lives. Family of the fallen officers accepted the awards on their behalf, amongst them Gladys Sicknick, mom of fallen Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick:

Historical past will bear in mind your names, your braveness, your bravery, your extraordinary dedication to your fellow People.

America owes you all a debt of gratitude that we will by no means totally repay until we dwell as much as what you probably did.

Learn extra:

McCarthy: ‘I’ve the votes’ to grow to be speaker

Kevin McCarthy says he has sufficient votes to win election as speaker of the Home on Friday night time in a what might be the ultimate act of a drawn out saga.

Talking with reporters simply now, the California Republican, who has misplaced 13 straight votes over 4 days, stated he was assured he lastly has sufficient help to prevail.

Home members have simply voted to adjourn till 10pm, after which era, McCarthy says, colleagues will lastly propel him to the speakership in a 14th vote:

We’ll come again tonight. I consider at the moment we’ll have the votes to complete this as soon as and for all.

It simply jogs my memory of what my father all the time informed me. It’s not the way you begin. It’s the way you end. And now now we have to complete for the American public.“

The adjournment will enable two Republican congress members absent from at this time’s two votes up to now to return to Washington DC, and for McCarthy’s allies to work additional on two of the six holdouts who nonetheless block his pathway.

Specifically, Republicans Matt Rosendale of Montana and Eli Crane of Arizona are believed to be the 2 most definitely members of the so-called “By no means Kevins” to flip.

McCarthy gained Friday’s two votes up to now, with 213 and 214 votes respectively, nonetheless shy of the edge he wants. However he picked up important momentum, flipping 15 of the 20 rebels who opposed him beforehand.

In his transient feedback to reporters simply now, he brushed apart criticism that the size of the method had undermined Republicans’ potential to manipulate:

Getting collectively and simply discovering the power of how we’re going to work collectively… it’s new for us, being in a good majority [but] on the finish of the day, we’re going to be more practical, extra environment friendly. And positively authorities’s going to be extra accountable.

That’s the good half, as a result of it took this lengthy now we realized the way to govern. So now we’ll be capable to get the job finished.

Biden: ‘The folks prevailed’ on January 6, 2021

Joe Biden is talking now on the White Home to pay tribute to the regulation enforcement officers who defended the US Capitol towards a violent mob of Donald Trump-incited insurrectionists two years in the past.

We’ll carry you the very best of his feedback very shortly.

.@POTUS: “However on this present day two years in the past, our democracy held as a result of We the Individuals didn’t flinch. We the Individuals endured. We the Individuals prevailed.

And on this present day of remembrance, we honor a outstanding group of People who embodied the very best.”

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) January 6, 2023

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.@POTUS: “However on this present day two years in the past, our democracy held as a result of We the Individuals didn’t flinch. We the Individuals endured. We the Individuals prevailed.

And on this present day of remembrance, we honor a outstanding group of People who embodied the very best.”

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) January 6, 2023

You possibly can comply with the president’s speech right here:

Occurring Now: President Biden marks two years for the reason that January sixth riot throughout a Presidential Residents Medal ceremony. https://t.co/LVhkWzSs8e

— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) January 6, 2023

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Occurring Now: President Biden marks two years for the reason that January sixth riot throughout a Presidential Residents Medal ceremony. https://t.co/LVhkWzSs8e

— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) January 6, 2023

Kevin McCarthy has picked off no less than one of many seven remaining Republican holdouts, Andy Harris of Maryland.

It gained’t change the result of the thirteenth vote for speaker – McCarthy will nonetheless lose this spherical – however it will seem to level to a profitable technique of choosing off the rebels one after the other.

BIG — Andy Harris, one of many seven remaining holdouts, has simply flipped to McCarthy.

McCarthy’s critics choosing off the remaining opponents one after the other. Now the main target shifts to Rosendale & Crane.

— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 6, 2023

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BIG — Andy Harris, one of many seven remaining holdouts, has simply flipped to McCarthy.

McCarthy’s critics choosing off the remaining opponents one after the other. Now the main target shifts to Rosendale & Crane.

— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 6, 2023

Thus far at this time, 15 of the 20 Republicans who’ve voted towards him constantly via 11 votes from Tuesday to Thursday have been persudade to affix the McCarthy camp.

The Californian will sense that he’s edging nearer.