WASHINGTON: The new US Congress was plunged into disarray on Tuesday (Jan 3) as renegade right-wing Republicans blocked favourite Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives in a series of
from becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives in a series of humiliating votes seen as a rebuke to the party establishment.
Rather than celebrating their new control of the House, the party instead faces a drawn-out fight to elect a Speaker that could further deepen internal divisions - and put McCarthy's political career on the line. His performance was so weak that he lost out to the Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries in each of the opening three ballots - although there remains little doubt a Republican will ultimately claim the Speaker's gavel.
"The reality is Rep Kevin McCarthy doesn't have the votes," Florida's Byron Donalds said in a statement ahead of the adjournment, urging fellow members of the party conference to"recess and huddle" in search of a breakthrough. Some lawmakers and staffers backing McCarthy had started the day however saying that he should bow out if unable to secure the gavel in the second round, US media reported.
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