2023-10-18 21:22:00
The Lower House of the American Congress remains without a president after Republican Jim Jordan, close to Donald Trump, failed, this Wednesday (18), in his second attempt to be elected president of the House, which has been paralyzed for 15 days.
It doesn’t matter that President Joe Biden, on a trip to Israel, promised his unwavering support in the war against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas if the House of Representatives continues to be unable to vote on aid packages to fulfill these promises.
The United States Congress has two Chambers: the Senate (upper), controlled by Biden’s Democrats, and the House of Representatives (lower), in the hands of Republicans.
The House of Representatives has been leaderless since the removal of Kevin McCarthy on October 3, which deprived it of many of its prerogatives, such as the adoption of laws.
The Republicans, responsible for electing the “president” of this Chamber because they have the majority of seats, are unable to reach an agreement, highlighting their divisions one year before the presidential elections.
– Jordan’s new attempt –
Congressman Jim Jordan, from the most conservative wing of the party and very close to former President Donald Trump, is currently the only Republican candidate in the running for the position.
But he was unable to be elected either on Tuesday or this Wednesday morning because 20 moderate Republicans reject his positions as extreme, and refuse to give him their vote.
In a Legislature still marked by the attack on the Capitol, Democrats denounce Jim Jordan’s ambiguous position on the 2020 presidential elections, elections that Donald Trump still says were rigged, without presenting evidence.
Therefore, they will not help you win the position either.
The election could last days: former president of the Chamber Kevin MCCarthy had to undergo 15 rounds of voting and make many concessions to become president of the House, last January.
Republicans want to prevent this from happening again at any cost. So far, it has been in vain.
– Bow tie and suit –
How will conservatives get out of this crisis? There are several possible scenarios.
Starting with the possibility of temporarily strengthening the powers of the interim president, Patrick McHenry.
The sole responsibility of this congressman, known for always wearing a bow tie and suit, is to organize the election of Kevin McCarthy’s successor. Unless an unexpected alliance between moderate Republicans and the Democratic Party, which until now has been a spectator of these negotiations, occurs.
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Republicans to end “their civil war” and urged the formation of “a coalition that transcends parties.”
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