Congress halted for third day, Kevin McCarthy loses another vote for House Speaker
: Embattled Republican Kevin McCarthy offered a fresh raft of trade-offs to the far-right rebels blocking his attempt to become US House Speaker, but faced yet another humiliating defeat as Congress entered its third day of paralysis.
One of the concessions being negotiated in order to break the stalemate involves allowing a single member of the House to force a snap vote that could oust a person from the speakership at any time - something that McCarthy had previously viewed as “red line” that he was not prepared to cross. “Kevin McCarthy ought to have the spine to stand up to them. The speaker’s job is not worth having if he needs to check with them every time he wants to move a bill to the floor.
“This is a dangerous moment for Americans and for the world,” Jeffries said at a press conference ahead of the vote. “At the end of the day, all we are asking Republicans to do is to figure out a way for themselves to organise so the Congress can get together and do the business of the American people.”
Boebert, who previously voted for Jim Jordan and then Byron Donalds, today nominated Oklahoma Republican Kevin Hern, saying Washington needed a “unifier” who was able to decentralise power from the Speaker’s office to give members more sway in the House.
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