The US House of Representatives still managed to elect the main candidate, Republican Kevin McCarthy, as speaker. It took the parliamentarians 15 attempts to do this.
The U.S. House of Representatives has elected Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy as the 55th Speaker of Congress. After lengthy discussions, the politician finally managed to get the necessary votes of his party colleagues, who had previously refused to vote for him.
It is reported by CNN.
Voting took place after midnight on Saturday, January 7, local time. As a result, 216 out of 428 members of the House of Representatives of Congress voted for McCarthy.
This was the 15th round of voting since the process of electing the speaker of the House of Representatives began on Tuesday, January 3rd.
McCarthy, 57, who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2006, will succeed Democrat Nancy Pelosi as speaker.
Recall that the Republicans tried to choose a speaker for several days in a row .
