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The last time the majority party failed to elect a Speaker on the first ballot - a hundred years ago - it went 9 ballots.
Can the Rs avoid exceeding that?
God knows. R sources claimed McC would gain ~10 votes this round, and he gained none.
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Nope. It's going to go into the weekend. The numbers aren't changing. We have a long way to go and Kevin is not going to give in.