First in 100 years; The US Congress failed to elect a speaker on the first ballot
Washington: Uncertainty in the new US Congress as right-wing Republicans blocked Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives.
McCarthy, a representative from California, needed an absolute majority to become Washington’s highest-ranking member of the legislature. But it was not received.
It is the first time in a century that Republicans have failed to elect a speaker in the first three rounds of voting. Far-right rebels once more ousted the 57-year-old McCarthy from becoming speaker.
“The reality is that Rep. Kevin McCarthy didn’t get the votes,” responded Byron Donalds of Florida. McCarthy is said to have failed to keep party dissidents together.
Coverage of the poll was across the U.S. television networks.
The last time Congress needed more than one round of voting to elect a new speaker was 100 years ago, in 1923. The process of electing a Speaker in 1855 also required 133 rounds of voting over two months.
Reports are that the House will hold another vote on Wednesday followingnoon. At the same time, Kevin McCarthy is also the leader who is expected to run in the next US presidential election.
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