Members of the House of Representatives vote on the House Speaker on October 20 in Washington, DC.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesDuring the speaker candidate forum on Monday, all the speaker candidates agreed that they wanted to get to 217 votes in the room before going to the floor, a source familiar told CNN.
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee told CNN it is important for the conference to 217 behind closed doors because they need to avoid another public embarrassment on the House floor.
Texas GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw told CNN, “it’s impossible” for the conference to get to 217, but added “let’s see who wins.
“We’ll pare it down And then we get it down to I assume the two, we will have a roll call vote.”
Persons:
Chip Somodevilla, Kevin Hern, Jim Jordan’s, “, I've, Jim Jordan, ”, Tim Burchett, ” Burchett, Dan Crenshaw, let’s, Ralph Norman of South, “ We’ll pare
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CNN, Republicans, GOP, Ohio, Texas GOP, Ralph Norman of South Carolina
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Washington ,, Tennessee, Texas