Matt Gaetz

But he turned back around when he heard a scuffle behind him. Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican ally of McCarthy, had angrily confronted Gaetz, telling him ...

Ken Buck, a McCarthy supporter who was standing nearby, said the exchange between the two men was pleasant, and that McCarthy just asked him to change his vote. Gaetz said his “present” vote was as far as he was going, Buck said. But Gaetz could only be partially swayed, and stood to say “present” when the roll call reached his name. McCarthy and his allies seemed confident walking in, but as the votes ticked off, it became clear he would be one short. Matt Gaetz to change his vote from “present” to “McCarthy.” In the days afterward, McCarthy blamed then-President Donald Trump for encouraging his supporters who attacked the building and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden.

McCarthy won election as speaker on the 15th ballot, with Gaetz and other opponents choosing to vote "present."

[Republicans](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republicans) continued to exchange words. ET, Gaetz [hinted that McCarthy had made concessions](https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-says-he-ran-out-stuff-ask-mccarthy-1772024) in order to secure the speaker's gavel. That lowered the threshold for a majority and McCarthy won with 216 votes to Democratic Representative [Hakeem Jeffries](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries)' 212. And Sean, we're at the stage right now where I'm running out of stuff to ask for." "I am grateful that Speaker-designate McCarthy has been so receptive to each and every change that we have demanded. [Sean Hannity](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/sean-hannity).

The House of Representatives started looking like a UFC fight Friday night, when a congressman had to be physically restrained from attacking one of his ...

Other reps tried to thwart an attack by grabbing Rogers by the chin and shoulders ... C-SPAN got shots of Rogers losing it, walking to the row in which Gaetz was sitting and then fully lunging at him. where Kevin McCarthy again failed to get the required number of votes.

Chaos reigned during the final House speaker vote on Friday night, as Rep Mike Rogers had to be physically restrained after apparently lunging towards ...

Mr McCarthy said afterward that Mr Gaetz had eventually “got everybody there to the point that nobody voted against me,” persuading some of his fellow colleagues to vote “present” as well. As a dejected Mr McCarthy walked back to his seat, Mr Rogers then angrily confronted Mr Gaetz, with the pair nearly coming to blows. The House fell silent as the GOP leader appeared to plead with Mr Gaetz to switch his vote to “McCarthy”, but the bombastic Florida lawmaker remained defiant.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) praised former President Trump and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for pushing him over the finish line and helping him secure ...

“Fortunately, we have a rules agreement that isn’t reliant on that,” he said. It was Gaetz’s own “present” vote that set off chaos on the floor after the 14th ballot on Friday night. He was with me from the beginning,” McCarthy said of Trump after the House had adjourned for the weekend. At the end of the night, Matt got everybody there to the point that nobody voted against it. A photo of her doing so was widely circulated during the votes. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) praised former President Trump and Rep.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key ...

ET – providing time both for the two missing McCarthy supporters time to return to Washington and for McCarthy’s allies to turn up the heat on the remaining holdouts. By the early evening Thursday, there was an offer “on paper.” Three of the key negotiators – Emmer, Roy and Donalds – huddled with McCarthy in his ceremonial office, following a session in Emmer’s office for one group to review the written agreement to break the stalemate. But as the House gaveled back into session, Gaetz went to McCarthy’s senior aide and asked whether the House could adjourn until Monday. He was still short of the votes he needed for speaker, but the tide had turned. All Democrats and four McCarthy opponents voted against adjourning, and the motion was in danger of failing – which would have forced the House to keep voting for speaker. McCarthy had initially proposed a five-member threshold, down from current conference rules that require half of the GOP to call for such a vote. McCarthy was denied a majority before the House clerk was through the “C’s,” and 19 Republicans voted for someone other than McCarthy – leaving him 15 votes short. In a sign of the new Republican rules, the As the vote timer counted down, 218 Republicans had voted yes, a majority that would have sent McCarthy home for the weekend and left the House in paralysis at the hands of Gaetz and his allies. Lauren Boebert when they announced their votes, like they had for other holdouts who had flipped to McCarthy earlier in the day. Matt Rosendale of Montana, another McCarthy holdout, to take her cell phone and speak to former President Donald Trump, who was on the line. Rogers, a Republican from Alabama who earlier in the week warned the GOP dissidents they would lose their committee assignments, told Gaetz he would be “finished” for continuing to wreck the speaker’s vote.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) confronted Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) after he refused to vote for Kevin McCarthy to be the next House speaker and had to be restrained ...

This was the dramatic moment when tensions flared on the floor of the House of Representatives after 14 rounds of voting for a new Speaker.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thanked Matt Gaetz, one of his loudest and most vocal opponents, for helping him secure the top spot in the House.

Patty Murray (D-WA) was confirmed as the first female president pro tempore. [Matt Gaetz](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/matt-gaetz) (R-FL) and former President [Donald Trump](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/donald-trump) for helping him secure the speaker's gavel in the early hours of Saturday morning. However, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, the ceremony did not happen until McCarthy was confirmed as speaker early Saturday morning. Matt Rosendale (R-MT). McCarthy made concessions to the group of 20 GOP lawmakers who initially opposed him in order to get the votes necessary to become the speaker. At the end of the night, Matt got everybody there to the point that nobody voted against it.

1. A fight nearly erupts after Gaetz leaves McCarthy one vote short · 2. Republicans walk out on Gaetz · 3. Donald Trump on the line · 4. Democrats break out the ...

CommentsGiftOutlineGift ArticleSubscribe to comment and get the full experience. 6, the House elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the nation’s 55th speaker after days of defeats and concessions to win over hard-line Republicans (Video: Michael Cadenhead/The Washington Post)Listen8 minComment on this storyCommentGift ArticleShareIt’s been a dramatic, history-making few days in the House, with McCarthy finally becoming speaker after four long days and 15 rounds of voting.What is normally a simple procedure was instead fraught with drama — with popcorn in the House, a walkout and near-fight among Republicans, and a phone call from former president Donald Trump.

Matt Gaetz says he finally flipped his vote to “present” on the House speaker vote after Kevin McCarthy caved to every one of his demands.

“And Sean, we’re at the stage right now where I’m running out of stuff to ask for.” After a final intense round of lobbying, the four far-right holdouts agreed to vote “present” in the 15th ballot, and Mr McCarthy was elected over Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries 216-212. During the 14th round of voting on Friday night, Mr Gaetz and Ms Boebert switched their votes to “present”. Likening the negotiations to a “prenuptial agreement”, Mr Gaetz said they had secured written agreements on the border and balancing the federal budget. Mr McCarthy was forced to reinstate a rule that will allow a single House member to call a “motion to vacate,” or a vote to oust the speaker. [Matt Gaetz](/topic/matt-gaetz) says he finally flipped his vote to “present” on [the House speaker vote](/news/world/americas/us-politics/house-speaker-vote-live-mccarthy-13th-b2257638.html) after [Kevin McCarthy](/topic/kevin-mccarthy) caved to every one of his demands.

U.S. Republican Mike Rogers told Rep. Matt Gaetz he is 'finished' when he furiously lunged at him as Congress descended into pandemonium during the 14th ...

Rep. The Freedom Caucus wants rule changes that would decentralize power in both the House GOP - and the rest of the chamber - to give more power to individual members. Greene tries to shove her phone over to Rep. There were also discussions of introducing legislation limiting House members to three terms and Senators to two terms. He will not have the votes tomorrow and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year.' He'd missed earlier votes as his wife gave birth but returned to Washington to set the California Republican on a path to victory. [Arizona](/news/arizona/index.html) and Matt Rosendale of Montana cast their vote for Rep. It had been reported that Gaetz would vote 'yes' for McCarthy on this final round, but he did not do so after it became clear McCarthy would win even if he continued to vote present. On the final ballot, four Republican holdouts - Reps. 'We're going to pass bills to fix the nation's challenges from wide open southern borders, to American last energy policies to woke indoctrination in our schools,' he added. representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, Tim Burchett (left back), who was in between Gaetz (seen here later shaking McCarthy's hand) and Rogers during their confrontation on the House floor said 'people shouldn't be drinking... Richard Hudson, R.-N.C., after confronting the Republican congressman from Florida on Friday night.

Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama confronted fellow GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Friday night after the 14th consecutive failed attempt to appoint Rep.

Rep. "I'm honestly – I'm not going to be threatened by anybody, and if somebody puts their hands on me, I will drop them like a bag of dirt," Burchett told reporters early Saturday. Mike Rogers confronts Rep. "Mike Rogers lost his temper and was basically going to, you know, put his hands on Matt," Greene said. Richard Hudson](https://www.foxnews.com/person/h/richard-hudson). [MIKE ROGERS LUNGES AT MATT GAETZ DURING HOUSE SPEAKER VOTING, OTHER MEMBERS INTERVENE](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6318081603112)

During the vast majority of the House speaker roll call votes, Gaetz chose to back an array of conservative alternatives to Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

Mike Rogers of Alabama after the 14th round of voting then confronted Gaetz and And the new rules would also empower conservatives in the lower chamber, giving them more representation on critical congressional committees. While the move represented a breakthrough for Gaetz, it generated anger from many members within the larger caucus as McCarthy remained one vote shy of winning the speaker's gavel. During Kevin McCarthy's protracted battle to secure the speakership in the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Rep. Gaetz came into the original January 3 vote seeking new leadership, which he expressed through a succession of speaker votes cast for Reps. - Gaetz told CNN that he "ran out of things" to ask for by the end of the public leadership fight.