What in 100 years had not happened, happened. This is how the United States Congress was unable to elect its president today.
This Tuesday, the Lower House began its journey after the mid-term elections that took place last November. However, the election of its president will have to wait.
Today, Republican Kevin McCarthy aspired to replace Nancy Pelosi to lead the House of Representatives although he did not get the necessary vote to achieve it. CNN He reviewed that since 1789 there were only 14 fights in plenary session and they were before the Civil War, making it the first time in 100 years that the president was not elected on the first ballot.
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The first ballot resulted in only 202 votes for the Republican out of the 218 he needed, on that occasion, 19 Republicans opted for another candidate. For the second ballot, instead, he obtained 203 votes, although again without the support of his supporters.
In the third round, he only had 202 votes.
Before the voting McCarthy had anticipated that he did not have full support to win the presidency and be the third most important person in the United States.
Congressmen decided to adjourn until Wednesday morning to give themselves time to negotiate behind the scenes.
At the beginning of the third round, some discomfort was palpable. More moderate Republicans were calling on their colleagues to support McCarthy.
“We came here to do things,” said Republican caucus leader Steve Scalise, drawing laughter from Democrats.
Throughout the vote, Biden’s party has rallied around the candidacy of Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, applauding him to the tune of “Hakeem, Hakeem, Hakeem!” But he lacks enough votes to get elected.
With the Lower House under the control of the Republicans, Biden will not be able to promote large projects, but neither will the opposing camp because the Senate is still in the hands of the Democrats.
For them to entrench themselves in a systematic opposition they would have to be united and in the budget vote in December some Republicans were seen voting with the Democrats.
With the election of the “speaker” the disunity jumps out again.
And a hostile House could even benefit him if Biden confirms his intention to run again in the 2024 presidential election. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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