The leader of the Republicans, Kevin McCarthy, who is called the main candidate for this position in the House of Representatives, could not get the minimum required number of votes, writes

Ukrinform

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To elect the speaker of the lower house, support is required from among all 435 legislators, i.e. 218 votes.

The leader of the House of Representatives is elected from the political force of the majority.

Now it is the Republican Party.

But Republicans have only a small lead over Democrats, so every vote within the party is important to electing the speaker.

McCarthy received only 202 votes, with 20 Republicans voting against.

The rest supported another candidate - Jim Jordan.

Representatives of the minority proposed Hakim Jeffries for this position, who was supported by 212 party members.

As a result, after three unsuccessful attempts, the lower house of Congress took a break.

The US House of Representatives, which consists of 435 members, has existed since 1913.

During all this time, a similar situation, when the majority could not approve the speaker in one day, occurred only once, in 1923.

Then the majority also went to the Republican Party.

We will remind that earlier 

the US House of Representatives passed a resolution in support of Ukraine and demands the withdrawal of all Russian forces

In addition,

the US House of Representatives supported the defense budget of $800 million for Ukraine

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