On Motion to Adjourn

On January 5, 2023, the House of Representatives voted on a procedural motion to adjourn, which effectively paused the day's legislative proceedings until a later time. The motion passed with a 219–213 vote, meaning the House stopped its business for the day and scheduled its next meeting for the following day.

This was a strictly party-line vote, with Republicans voting in favor of adjourning and Democrats voting against it. At the time of this vote, the House was in the midst of multiple rounds of voting to elect a Speaker of the House, and the motion to adjourn allowed for further private negotiations within the majority party before the next formal ballot.