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rpannier

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Sat Jan 5, 2019, 10:39 AM Jan 2019

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According to the WSJ, that's how many House Republicans did not vote for Mc Carthy to be their leader
So, more Republicans did not vote for McCarthy to lead their party than the number Democrats that did not vote for Pelosi to be Speaker (and in essence be their leader, even though Hoyer has the title of House Majority leader)

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43 (Original Post) rpannier Jan 2019 OP
That was in the caucus Hokie Jan 2019 #1

Hokie

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1. That was in the caucus
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 11:19 AM
Jan 2019

The vote was McCarthy 159 to Jim Jordan 39. Jordan was an official candidate. Jordan represented the so-called "Freedom Caucus", which had wanted to mount a challenge against Speaker Ryan last year.

In the Democratic caucus Pelosi ran unopposed so it was a yes or no vote. The votes were 203 yes, 32 no, and 3 not voting.

In the actual election McCarthy got 192 votes to Pelosi's 220.

2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

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