WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday (Jan 5) as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership - entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralysed the lower chamber of Congress. McCarthy, a favorite of his party's establishment but a bete
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership - entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralysed the lower chamber of Congress.sweeping concessionsBut his overtures have fallen on deaf ears and he failed to win over a single renegade Republican across five ballots staged on Thursday before the House agreed to adjourn until noon on Friday.
"It's my hope that today the House Republicans will stop the bickering, stop the backbiting and stop the backstabbing so we can have the backs of the American people," Jeffries, who is also short of the required majority, told reporters. They can also consider a rule change allowing the candidate with the most votes rather than an outright majority to win -- a risky strategy given that the Democratic leader has won every round while Republican votes have been split.
"We cannot let personal politics place the safety and security of the United States at risk," they said.The only significant development over 11 rounds of the contest has been a cameo - in spirit, at least - fromand does not harbor speakership ambitions. But the two Gaetz nods were Trump's only support and the speakership crisis is being seen as a further marker of his diminishing influence, asMcCarthy's allies were still hopeful of securing him the gavel, indicating that a deal bringing the so-called"Never Kevins" back into the fold could emerge in the coming hours.
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