New Congress live updates: What's next after Kevin McCarthy's speakership win

After House Chaplain Margaret Kibben delivered the opening prayer and the full House recited the Pledge of Allegiance, the 118th Congress is officially underway.

The House is now in a quorum call to determine how many members are present on the floor. ABC News expects that number to be 434, after the death of Rep. Donald McEachin, D-Va.

That means Kevin McCarthy will need 218 votes on the House floor to win the speaker's gavel, assuming all members are present and voting.

After establishing a quorum, the speaker election will begin with the nomination of members and nominating speeches.

The vote for speaker -- a voice roll call vote -- is on track to begin closer to the end of the hour.

If McCarthy fails to get 218 votes, the House can move to recess before holding a second vote on electing a speaker.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel

Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who stepped down last month as Democratic leader, declared the second session of the 117th Congress adjourned just before noon.

Pelosi waved the gavel in the air as she thanked those in the chamber, and stepped down to join her colleagues on the floor -- where she is now just one of 434 members preparing to begin a new session of Congress.

Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the new chair of the House Democratic Caucus, will be the one to hand the incoming speaker the gavel.

Current Clerk of the House Cheryl L. Johnson opened the 118th Congress at about noon.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel

Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., added his name as another "no" vote against McCarthy Tuesday morning, saying in a statement that the GOP leader has contributed to Washington's dysfunction.

"I came to a broken and dysfunctional Congress to change it. Advancing the long-standing pecking order one notch has no prospect of doing that. Many don't want to change it. I will," he said in a statement.

"Kevin McCarthy is not the right candidate to be Speaker. He has perpetuated the Washington status quo that makes this body one of the most unsuccessful and unpopular institutions in the country. This is not about personality differences or who has 'earned' the position. It's about serving the American people."

Bishop's statement underscores McCarthy's worsening math problem, with lawmakers starting to join the original group of five lawmakers voicing robust opposition to his speakership bid.

Bishop was first elected to Congress in a 2019 special election with the help of the Congressional Leadership Fund -- House Republicans' main super PAC that is affiliated with McCarthy.

Kevin McCarthy is digging in ahead of the coming vote on House speakership, telling reporters he's "not going anywhere."

"I will always fight to put the American people first, not a few individuals that want something for themselves," McCarthy said. "So, we may have a battle on the floor but the battle is for the conference and the country -- and that's fine with me."

McCarthy said holdouts have demanded specific committee chairs, something he said he won't do.

Hard-line conservative Reps. Scott Perry, Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert emerged from the meeting defiant in their opposition to McCarthy.