Mike Johnson is the fourth person this month to be nominated for the position.
WASHINGTON: US Republicans nominated Mike Johnson to lead the House of Representatives on Tuesday, though it was unclear whether he would merely become the latest hopeful to fall victim to party infighting that has paralysed Congress for over three weeks.
It was not clear whether Johnson would be able to overcome divisions that have tripped up three other candidates who had previously won the party’s nomination. In a sign of those divisions, the second-place finisher in the nominating vote was the ousted McCarthy, who secured 43 votes despite not being a declared candidate.
That high threshold and the party’s narrow 221-212 majority means that any candidate can afford to lose just four votes if Democrats remain united in opposition. “He knows everybody very well, does a great job with bringing people to the floor, talking about our policies, and that’s what we need right now,” said Republican representative Kevin Hern, who withdrew his own bid to support Johnson.
Before that, No 2 House Republican Steve Scalise dropped his own bid when he was unable to line up enough votes to win the job.
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