‘Presidential’ crisis in the US House of Representatives
427 members of the US House of Representatives voted again today to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives after McCarthy was deposed on October 3.
Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, candidate of the Republicans who have a majority in the House, received 194 votes, losing 5 more votes compared to the previous elections, and could not reach a sufficient majority to be elected president.
25 Republican deputies, who have 221 seats in parliament, said “no” to Jordan. The number of Republicans who did not vote for Jordan was 20 in the first round and 22 in the second.
On the other hand, Democrats with 212 seats received 210 votes for Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
To be elected President of the House of Representatives, one of the candidates must reach 217 votes.
In the first vote held in the House of Representatives on October 17, in which 432 deputies participated, Jordan received 200 votes and Jeffries received 212. In the second vote held on October 18, Jordan’s votes dropped to 199, while that Jeffries kept 212 votes. .
The impossibility of electing a president in the House of Representatives, where Republicans are in the majority, causes disruptions in the work of Congress.
It is noted that the finalization of US President Joe Biden’s $105 billion “emergency budget” request to Congress to support partners such as Israel and Ukraine within the framework of US national security needs may be delayed.
Of the budget of 105 billion dollars, it is planned to spend 61.4 billion dollars for Ukraine, 14.3 billion dollars for Israel and 14 billion dollars for border security in the United States.
THE VOTING WAS CARRIED OUT 15 TIMES
In January in the United States, members of the House of Representatives voted 15 times to elect the speaker of parliament in 4 days, an unprecedented moment in the country’s history in the last 100 years.
With the last-minute compromise of the Republicans, who are the majority in the House of Representatives, McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting.
McCARTHY’S DISPLACEMENT
In 2000, Kevin McCarthy was removed from office in a House vote on October 3, becoming “the first president in American history to be ousted by the votes of members of his administration.” ”. own party.”
Some Republican members claimed that McCarthy reached a secret agreement with US President Joe Biden and Democrats on aid to Ukraine as part of budget negotiations.
Republican Representative Patrick McHenry assumed the position of speaker of the House of Representatives until the election of the new speaker.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was nominated as the Republican candidate for Speaker of the House. However, Scalise, who demonstrated that he would not receive enough votes in the polls, withdrew his candidacy.
After Scalise’s withdrawal, Republicans nominated Ohio Representative Jim Jordan for speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is important as the third most important figure in American politics, after the president and vice president of the United States. (AA)