UPDATE:After five roll call votes and no speaker.
the House is adjourning for the night.
When they return, many members will be marking the second anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.
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PREVIOUSLY:As expected,Kevin McCarthyfell short on the 11th ballot forspeaker of the House.
There were some guffaws when the clerk read Trumps vote total.
He voted for Trump twice in balloting on Thursday, but the former president garnered no other votes.
Hern himself has been backing McCarthy.
No one will get a majority.
There still is the question of just how many of the 20 holdouts will sign on.
McCarthy can spare only four votes if all members cast ballots.
So an agreement may not immediately deal with the stalemate.
McHenry is a close ally to McCarthy.
PREVIOUSLY:On to a ninth vote for speaker.
Thats apparent by the hum of voices on the Democratic side heard in the chamber.
One difference this round: Rep.Lauren Boebert(R-CO) nominated Kevin Hern, a congressman from Oklahoma.
Scalise has been floated as a potential candidate should McCarthy bow out.
Hern is a McCarthy supporter.
He told reporters that it was a hopeful sign that the dissidents were offering up Trump and other names.
Their numbers arent growing, McHenry said, adding that there has not been an erosion in McCarthys votes.
He said that is a positive sign for the day.
He also said that he was optimistic about conversations with the holdouts.
There was a smattering of boos and applause when Trumps name was read.
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) voted present.
Members are moving on to the 8th vote.
It would essentially allow any one member to introduce a resolution to remove him during the next Congress.
But no such deal has been finalized, and not all 20 of the holdouts are necessarily in sync.
That was apparent when Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) cast his 7th speaker vote for Donald John Trump.
There was a bit of a conflict of competing stories as the House neared its next vote.
Simultaneously, CNN and MSNBC stuck with nominating speeches for McCarthy from the House floor.
The speeches reflected a bit of the frustration as the process has dragged out.
He credited McCarthy with Republicans ability to win back the House in the most recent cycle.
James said that the party needed to learn to win and not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Donalds and Democrats nominee, party leader Hakeem Jeffries, are Black.
But Bishop also criticized a member, without naming her, for tweeting out that Donalds was a prop.
She drew a standing ovation for her admonishment.
Dominic Patten contributed to this report.
Its not that hard.
Boebert replied, Im willing to have conversations with the Republican conference to come up with a consensus candidate.
Hannity pointed out multiple times that her side had only 20 votes and McCarthy had 203.
What has complicated things is the 20 dissidents do not necessarily speak with one voice.
The adjournment gave McCarthy more breathing room to negotiate.
Frustrating to say the least, Huffman wrote.
Some, like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have been spotted reading magazines and books.
The problem is with them, and so they have to figure it out, he said.
Across the hall in one of the House press galleries has been installed a an air purifier.
