[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 173 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1062]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 6008-
6018; 1 private bill, H.R. 6019; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 801-804, 
were introduced.                                             
  Page H5038
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H5039-40
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend 
Ryan Coffey, First Baptist Church, Somerset, Kentucky.       
  Page H5035
Call of the House: Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XX, Representative 
Johnson (LA) moved a call of the House. Accordingly, Members were 
counted and the Chair announced that 427 Members being counted, a 
quorum was present, Roll No. 524.                            
  Page H5035
Election of Speaker: The House conducted one vote to elect a Speaker, 
from which a majority of 218 was not ascertained, therefore a Speaker 
was not elected. During the vote for Speaker, the Honorable Hakeem 
Jeffries received 210 votes, the Honorable Jim Jordan received 194 
votes, the Honorable Steve Scalise received 8 votes, the Honorable 
Patrick McHenry received 6 votes, the Honorable Lee Zeldin received 4 
votes, the Honorable Kevin McCarthy received 2 votes, the Honorable 
Byron Donalds received 2 votes, the Honorable Mike Garcia (CA) received 
1 vote, the Honorable Tom Emmer received 1 vote, and the Honorable 
Bruce Westerman received 1 vote, Roll No. 525. On Tuesday, October 
17th, the Chair appointed Representatives Steil, Morelle, Loudermilk, 
and Sewell to act as Tellers. Additional proceedings are expected next 
week.                                                    
  Pages H5036-38
Recess: The House recessed at 12:06 p.m. and reconvened at 5:03 p.m. 
                                                             Page H5038
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24th. 
                                                             Page H5038
Quorum Calls--Votes: There were no yeas-and-nays votes, and there were 
no Recorded votes. There was one quorum call, Roll No. 524, which 
appears on pages H5035-36.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:03 p.m.