The US House of Representatives finally has a president. This is the Republican Kevin McCarthy, who obtained the majority of votes to take the position of “speaker”.
Although he needed 218 votes to win the position, he did not get them and he was left with only two, however, the decision of six congressmen to vote Present lowered the necessary threshold and there was an outcome to the long discussion.
Kevin McCarthy is two votes away from achieving the Presidency of the US Congress, there are already 14 failed votes
Before this outcome, the congressmen did not accept a request to postpone the vote until Monday and even in the penultimate one there was a discussion. McCarthy approached the group of Trump supporters who were blocking his access to the rostrum, who pointed accusingly at him in the midst of a tense atmosphere, while the Secretary of Congress called for calm.
What made McCarthy desperate was that Republican Matt Gaetz voted present, which prevented him from winning the election on day 14.
The tough group of Trump legislators is taking advantage of the narrow Republican majority in the House achieved in the November midterm elections to impose their conditions on the party.(YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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