The 15th vote to select the speaker in the US House of Representatives was held, and the top of the House of Representatives, the opposition party and Republican party, which occupies the majority, gained the support of the rebel lawmakers, and was elected as the speaker with a majority of votes.
It was the first time in 164 years that the election of the chairperson was repeated more than 10 times.
In the US House of Representatives, the opposition and Republicans regained a majority in last year’s midterm elections, but conservative hardliners within the party objected to the election of House Leader McCarthy, the party’s top House leader, and the Congress opened. After that day, the chairman was not decided, and re-voting was repeated.
As a result of continued persuasion of lawmakers within the Republican Party, 14 of the 20 lawmakers who had rebelled against him so far supported McCarthy in the 13th ballot on the 6th, the fourth day of the Congress. I was.
Furthermore, in the 15th round of voting, which took place during a recess, none of the remaining six dissident lawmakers revealed who they supported, so Mr. McCarthy, who received 216 votes, reached the majority and was elected chairman on the 7th. it was done.
The unusual situation in 164 years that more than 10 votes were held to elect the chairman was settled on the fourth day of the opening, but the Republican Party, which had planned to strengthen its confrontation with the Biden administration, stumbled from the start due to internal conflict. am.
BREAKING: Republican Kevin McCarthy elected House Speaker after 15 rounds of votes pic.twitter.com/XMrO1uxdvB
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