WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday in its latest effort to choose a new speaker. The US House paralyzed for the last two weeks amid a leadership confrontation among Republicans, the Western media reported.
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Patrick McHenry, was named following the removal on October 3 of Kevin McCarthy, his substitute has few powers.
Kevin McCarthy fell victim to shrill divisions between Republican far-right backers of ex-president Donald Trump and moderates, AFP reported.
US HOUSE SPEAKER VOTE TO BE HELD TUESDAY AT NOON – DEMOCRATIC REP. CLARK (Reuters)
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote to choose a new speaker on Tuesday at approximately 12:00 p.m. (1600 GMT), No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark said on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/oz7BpDyLaG
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Following a tense week marked by several setbacks, Ohio legislator Jim Jordan is presently the only announced candidate for the office — but he appears far from having the needed support to be elected to the office of the speaker. The election is set for 1600 GMT on Tuesday, its result far from certain.
“It is time to get to work,” Jim Jordan said on X, as he asked his colleagues to bury their differences and support his candidacy.
The differences between Republicans and Democrats in the House far outweigh our differences in the Republican Conference.
This country and the GOP Conference cannot afford us attacking each other.
It’s time to get to work.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) October 15, 2023
The Democratic Party of Biden is in a minority in the US House of Representatives — though only hardly so — and basically plays a viewer’s role to the Republican drama.
