#Politics From #CNN: Jordan's meeting with the 22 holdouts is over. Jordan just said, "We had a good discussion." Interim Speaker McHenry says it's still unclear if they'll hold another vote tonight.

I still think they'll be stinkers and try to do this opposite Biden's national address, hoping enough Democrats don't show up to put Jordan over the top, but we'll see.

#Politics From #CNN: Jim Jordan is having a meeting with yesterday's 22 holdouts to see if he can flip their votes.

#Politics The latest from #CNN on House Speaker Lollapalooza ...

It appears that a Republican conference initiative to expand interim speaker McHenry's powers has failed.

Jim Jordan is insisting on a third floor vote to name him Speaker. It may happen this afternoon or evening in a rush vote, but nothing official.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-vote-10-19-23/index.html

#Politics From #CNN:

No third House Speaker Lollapalooza today. House Republicans are meeting privately, fighting among one another about whether or not to extend interim Speaker Patrick McHenry and grant him additional powers.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-vote-10-19-23/index.html

#Politics From #CNN:

#Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia state court to breaching voter systems. Prosecutors will recommend six years probation and she will cooperate in other prosecutions.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/politics/sidney-powell-fulton-county-georgia-2020-election-subversion/index.html

#Politics For those of you who want to follow Round 3 of House Speaker Lollapalooza ... I'll be out today, but it should stream live on the C-SPAN YouTube channel starting at 12 PM EDT. The livestream doesn't show up until the event starts; go to this link at noon and keep clicking Refresh until the livestream shows up.

https://www.youtube.com/@CSPAN/streams

#Politics From #CNN:

"Despite the defeat, Jordan has vowed to stay in the race. The House is expected to hold a third speaker vote on Thursday at noon ET. Without a speaker, the chamber is effectively frozen, a precarious position that comes amid conflict abroad and a potential government shutdown next month."

#Politics For those who are interested, the video of today's House Speaker lollapalooza is now on my News from the Past YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbVr0_muL2Y

#Politics Final official:

Jeffries (D) 212
Jordan (R) 199
Others 22

The House is in recess subject to recall of the chair.

#Politics Final unofficial:

Jeffries (D) 213
Jordan (R) 198
Others 22

#Politics We're missing three, but it looks like Jordan lost two more this time around.

#Politics We're now at 20 others, the same as yesterday.

#Politics John Boehner just got a vote. 😊 14 others now.

#Politics We're in the Gs, eight votes already for other candidates.

#Politics BREAKING from #CSPAN: Projections show Jim Jordan doesn't have enough votes to win Speaker. Still counting.

#Politics We're only in the Cs but already four Republicans have voted for candidates other than Jordan.

#Politics Here's the link to watch live now on YouTube today's House Speaker lollapalooza.

I have to run errands but I should be back before the end of the vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHCAwxFJiM0

#Politics #NASA The Senate space subcommittee has a hearing at 2 PM EDT on U.S. commercial space safety and competitiveness.

Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) chairs the subcommittee, of all people.

You can watch live at the link.

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/10/promoting-safety-innovation-and-competitiveness-in-u-s-commercial-human-space-activities

#Politics Watching #Biden in Tel Aviv trying to solve the #Israel #Hamas #Gaza crisis with diplomacy evokes this #StarTrek metaphor:

* Biden is Picard

* Trump would be Quark

#Politics #CNN and #CSPAN report tonight's second House speaker attempt is called off. Jim Jordan says they'll try again tomorrow at 11 AM EDT.