The deeply riven US House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday as fresh rounds of voting failed to produce a winner in the race for speaker.
The seat of the US House Speaker stands empty as the House of Representatives continues voting for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 4, 2023. The new Republican-led US House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday as a fresh round of voting failed to produce a winner in the race for speaker.
Some 20 Republicans denied McCarthy a majority in three drawn-out votes on Wednesday — forcing another overnight adjournment with little to show for the drama — after the rebels had spent Tuesday blocking the California congressman’s path to the gavel. The House adjourned until noon on Thursday after the sixth indecisive ballot, allowing the Republicans a few precious hours to regroup and settle on a new strategy before going back into the fray.
But McCarthy’s speaker bid has opened a troubling rift within the House Republicans, with centrists referring to the hard-right faction leading the charge against him as the “Taliban 20.”The standoff sparked frantic behind-the-scenes negotiations as McCarthy’s allies sought to cut a deal with his conservative detractors that could also win the approval of moderates.
The former president duly called for an end to the McCarthy blockade, warning the renegade Republicans not to “turn a great triumph into a giant and embarrassing defeat.” No House business can take place without a speaker, the chamber’s presiding officer who is second in line to the presidency, meaning lawmakers-elect have to continue voting until someone wins a majority.
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