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.

Republicans Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy had a tense exchange of words during voting for Speaker of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC, ...

McCarthy was eventually elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives in the early hours of January 7, after a 15th round of voting was required to break the deadlock. McCarthy, then a candidate for House Speaker, confronted Gaetz during the 14th round of voting, during which the GOP representative failed to vote in his favor, CSPAN reported. Republicans Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy had a tense exchange of words during voting for Speaker of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC, late on January 6, video shows.

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.

The final vote tally was 216 for McCarthy, 211 for Democrat Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and six 'present' votes; After the 14th ballot left McCarthy one ...

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. - Rep. There were also discussions of introducing legislation limiting House members to three terms and Senators to two terms. Greene tries to shove her phone over to Rep. 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. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a McCarthy ally and Trump acolyte, reportedly went up to Rosendale and told him that was Trump on the phone and that Rosendale needed to speak with him. 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. Mike Rogers then lunged at Gaetz and had to be held back by Rep. On the final ballot, four Republican holdouts - Reps.

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.

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 (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 ...

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.