The end of the 4-day deadlock; McCarthy became the speaker of the US House of Representatives.
After losing fourteen rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy, a Republican member of the US Congress, was finally able to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives by getting the necessary votes.
American media reported that after several days of unsuccessful negotiations and voting, Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy finally managed to get the necessary votes for the presidency of the US House of Representatives in the 15th round of voting.
The Republican Party has a very small advantage over the Democratic Party in the US House of Representatives with 222 seats against 212 seats. In this voting, 428 members of the House of Representatives voted, and McCarthy was able to win the majority of 216 votes. Democratic candidate Hakim Jeffries got 212 votes.
McCarthy is a representative of California and was previously the minority leader of the US House of Representatives. He has pledged to launch multiple investigations into Biden and his administration.
Joe Biden, whose party lost the majority of the House of Representatives in the mid-term congressional elections, congratulated McCarthy’s election in a message and added that he is ready to work with the Republicans. Donald Trump, who had supported his candidacy, congratulated him on his election.
Previously, the division of the Republicans to choose the president was met with mockery by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and he said that if the civil war between the Republicans in the House of Representatives continues, the most unexpected candidate and even a newbie may be elected as the president of this body.
This was the first time in a century that the election of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives required several rounds of voting. The longest election in American history was in 1855, which took 133 rounds over two months from December 1855 to February 1856.
