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2023-01-05 06:40:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 547B46B38A1CB3060240F9F561852ADB212E08AA27CDAE1D9BE8DDCD9A5D2518
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To be elected Speaker, a candidate needs a majority of the votes cast. That number is usually 218 votes, not 213. If enough anti-McCarthy Representatives change their vote to “present,” the threshold could go down to 213, but in the first six votes, none of them have done so. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/politics/house-speaker-elections-what-matters/index.html
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