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• A look at Pelosi's narrow path to reclaim the speaker's gavel
• Tensions high at Columbia University after protesters defy 2pm deadline to leave
• Kratom products have gone unregulated in California, unnerving both fans and critics
• Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities
• Jordan is at risk of seeing his opposition grow over multiple ballots, sources say
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Representative Mike Kelly, Republican of Pennsylvania, introduced a resolution on Monday that would force a vote on keeping Mr. McHenry in an empowered role until Nov. 17. That’s when the current stopgap spending measure expires, which would trigger a government shutdown unless Congress acts to extend it. Mr. McHenry is acting as temporary speaker under rules adopted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that require the speaker of the House to come up with a list of people to fill the post in the event that it becomes vacant. When former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted out by a right-wing rebellion two weeks ago, the world learned that Mr. McHenry’s was the first name on his list. In the meantime, many Republicans were openly fretting that their deep internal divisions were hanging a political albatross around the party’s neck ahead of the 2024 election.

A look at Pelosi's narrow path to reclaim the speaker's gavel

More details about the Members of the House of Representatives are available from the Clerk of the House. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the first day of the 117th Congress was modified to accommodate guidelines from the Office of Attending Physician, such as social distancing, reducing the number of guests and staff allowed in the chamber, and mask wearing. After she concluded, Speaker Pelosi then swore in the rest of the lawmakers, including 59 new freshman Members. Members-elect and returning Members were sworn in during the first day of the first session of the 117th Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was voted in for another two years as Speaker of the House. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people who are infected with Covid-19 or had symptoms stay away from other people – self-isolate – for at least 10 days after symptoms start.

Tensions high at Columbia University after protesters defy 2pm deadline to leave

He told reporters he did not want another vote Wednesday, saying lawmakers have not yet reached a deal. The House voted resoundingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats. The Georgia congresswoman made the proposal more than a month ago, after the speaker worked with Democrats to pass government funding bills that Greene objected to. In the weeks since, he has again worked with the House minority to pass legislation approving aid to Ukraine and Israel, and reauthorizing a controversial surveillance law.

Kratom products have gone unregulated in California, unnerving both fans and critics

McHenry, the interim speaker, said Republicans will gather again on Monday evening for a candidate forum, where those hoping to win the party's nomination will make their case to members. He said the party will meet on Tuesday morning to vote for a nominee, with the goal of holding a floor vote later that day. In the weeks after an election, the Republican conference and the Democratic caucus hold an informal vote among their members to decide whom they want to nominate to lead their party in January.

But as of right now, with today’s likely absences, the voting membership is 432. So Nancy Pelosi will need one more than half of those voting, which is 217 votes, to retain speakership. Any “present” vote by a member is considered a nonvote and will reduce the number of total Pelosi will need to keep the gavel. Pressure has grown with each passing day for McCarthy to somehow find the votes he needs or step aside. The incoming Republican chairmen of the House’s Foreign Affairs, Armed Services and Intelligence committees all said national security was at risk. One McCarthy critic, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, cast votes for Donald Trump — a symbolic but pointed sign of the broad divisions over the Republican Party’s future.

Gaetz said this interaction happened when he was talking at the microphone, arguing that "speaker-lite" is "a bad idea." Asked if Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., lunged at him during the meeting, Gaetz said that Bost was "pretty animated," but said, "I don't know if I would describe it as a lunge." Gaetz, R-Fla., said that McCarthy's "passions are a little inflamed and he's working through the stages of grief." Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, said this afternoon that "two-thirds" of the Republican House members oppose empowering McHenry and have mentioned "four or five" names besides Jordan's. "I want to go talk to my colleagues, particularly want to talk with the 20 individuals who voted against me, so that we can move forward and begin to work," Jordan added.

The House of Representatives has voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes funding to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Still, even if these negotiations prove successful and 10 lawmakers do flip to McCarthy's column — which is far from certain — that doesn't get McCarthy to the 218 votes to win the speakership, so he would still have more work to do. It's not at all clear whether McCarthy and his allies will be able to lock down the votes -- and the longer the fight drags on, the more imperiled his speakership bid has become. That race, however, will only determine whether Democrats have a 50-seat majority or a 51-seat majority.

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A reporter asked Jordan point-blank if he believes the 2020 presidential election was stolen. That would mean 214 votes are needed for a majority, assuming none of those absent make it to the floor in time to vote. Jordan lost five Republicans before the House, voting alphabetically, reached the names beginning with "F," placing him on the path of losing a third round of votes for speaker. Jordan fell short yet again when the final tally was read aloud on the floor. Twenty-five Republicans voted for various other candidates, including McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry. Jordan said Friday morning that he aimed to elect a speaker this weekend, and his next move will clarify whether he intends to go through with that plan.

Republicans had nominated Mr. Scalise as Mr. McCarthy’s successor, but he dropped out after he could not consolidate enough support to win the post on the floor. “I really hope he does not become speaker,” said Katie Porter, 30, another member of the alliance, who called him too divisive. Ms. Porter added that she disagreed with Mr. Jordan’s hard-line opposition to abortion and believed he now spends too much time in Washington, where he helped establish the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus. She is a vulnerable Republican and today she flips, voting for Kay Granger. They delighted at her vibe, like a fed-up teacher overseeing a rabble of children, made memes of her roll-calling and dubbed her “mother,” an honor sometimes bestowed on beloved women (a notable fellow mother to her devoted fans is Taylor Swift). Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana told reporters she had been moved by the nominating speech by Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, which cast Mr. Jordan as a fiscal hawk ready to right the country’s finances.

“It’s the biggest F-U to Republican voters I’ve ever seen,” Banks said as he left a GOP conference meeting. He added that the House needs to stay until they elect a speaker and "if someone can't get the votes, we need to go on to the next person." "Twisting and torturing the Constitution to empower a temporary speaker is having a speaker-lite that is not constitutionally contemplated." The proper authorities have been notified and my office is cooperating fully,” Miller-Meeks said in a statement that was also posted on X. "It doesn't have the support of the majority, but not because of a specific rule. I don't think McHenry wants it," Mast said. "And just by him not wanting an authority, that will make people say no, and then there are a lot of other people, whether he would want it or not, would have a problem with it."

The erstwhile speaker, who remains in touch with the ex-president, has been mentioned as a prospective recruit for a second Trump administration. The reference was to allegations that Gaetz paid for sex, including relations with an underage girl, while in Congress. The Justice Department investigated the Florida lawmaker and decided not to bring charges. Hard-line Republicans joined with Democrats to remove the Bakersfield Republican from the speaker’s chair.