UPDATED. Republican Kevin McCarthy wins on a margin of 216-211.
WASHINGTON, USA – Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the US House of Representatives early on Saturday, January 7, after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about the party’s ability to govern.
McCarthy agreed to a demand by hardliners that any lawmaker be able call for his removal at any time. That will sharply cut the power he will hold when trying to pass legislation on critical issues including funding the government, addressing the nation’s looming debt ceiling and other crises that may arise.
Over the past decade, Republicans have repeatedly shut down much of the government and pushed the world’s largest borrower to the brink of default in efforts to extract steep spending cuts, usually without success. “We don’t want clean debt ceilings to just go through and just keep paying the bill without some counteracting effort to control spending when the Democrats control the White House and control the Senate.”In a sharp contrast to this week’s battles among House Republicans, Biden, and McConnell appeared together in Kentucky on Wednesday to highlight investments in infrastructure.
This week’s 13 failed votes marked the highest number of ballots for the speakership since 1859, in the turbulent years before the Civil War.
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