WASHINGTON: United States Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was a simple up-or-down vote from realising his dream of becoming one of the country's top statesmen on Tuesday (Jan 3) in a cliffhanger worthy of TV drama House of Cards that could as easily end with his career in tatters. The California congressm
WASHINGTON: United States Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was a simple up-or-down vote from realising his dream of becoming one of the country's top statesmen on Tuesday in a cliffhanger worthy of TV drama House of Cards that could as easily end with his career in tatters.
Yet in the best traditions of the political thriller, there will be intrigue until the credits roll, with the threadbare 222 Republican majority opening the path for a potential rearguard action from anti-McCarthy spoilers. Greene, who is believed to have been offered considerable influence in return for her backing, retorted that McCarthy's opponents were lying"when they claim a consensus House Speaker candidate will emerge".If the 57-year-old former storekeeper falls short, the process continues to a second ballot, probably also on Tuesday, and McCarthy's critics get the chance to put forward different candidates.
The California Republican has tried to ingratiate himself with the"Never Kevin" crowd, bowing to calls for intensive investigations of Democrats., has promised investigations of President Joe Biden's family and administration, as well as of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency .
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