Still no white smoke: Ohio elected official Jim Jordan, Donald Trump’s lieutenant, failed Tuesday to be elected Speaker of the House in the crucial first round of elections, undermining an institution in crisis.
However, the 50-year-old can maintain his candidacy for office Loudspeaker For several rounds. So it is still possible that he can reach the chick.
The US Congress consists of two chambers: the first, the Senate, which was won by the Democrats led by Joe Biden, but the other, the House of Representatives, which is dominated by Republicans, is the one that found itself in an unprecedented quagmire for two weeks.
This institution no longer has it Loudspeaker Since the historic dismissal of Kevin McCarthy on October 3, which deprived her of many of her powers, including taking action in support of Israel or Ukraine.
Extreme situations
With a majority in the House of Representatives and therefore responsible for electing the president, conservatives have been exposing their divisions in broad daylight in the process of appointing a successor to Kevin McCarthy for two weeks.
After several very slow negotiations, Ohio State Representative-elect Jim Jordan, very close to Donald Trump and a member of the more conservative end of the party, is currently the only Republican candidate in the race.
But he failed to win the support of enough of his peers to reach the voting seat in the council’s plenary session.
Twenty Republican elected officials, most of them moderates critical of Jim Jordan for his extremist positions, voted against his nomination.
One notable fact pointed out by his critics: Jim Jordan was elected to Congress in 2006, and he never succeeded in getting even the slightest bill passed in his name. He is considered, according to several rankings, one of the least productive elected officials in the House of Representatives.
However, these elections can extend over several days: Loudspeaker Kevin McCarthy, who was fired, had to battle for 15 laps and swallow more than one snake to get to his place in January.
Republicans want, at all costs, to avoid a repeat of the humiliating scene captured on televisions across the country at the beginning of the year. So far, in vain.
Senate mobilizes for Israel
In an institution still shaken by the assault on the Capitol, Democrats are denouncing Jim Jordan’s ambiguous position on the 2020 presidential election, an election that former President Donald Trump continues to describe, without evidence, as “stolen.”
Elected officials in Joe Biden’s party, a minority in the House of Representatives, all lined up behind the candidacy of their leader, Hakeem Jeffries, but did not receive enough votes to win the presidency.
Pressure is mounting on the House of Representatives to get back to work, with the Senate already preparing a big envelope for Israel.
That would include “military, diplomatic, humanitarian and intelligence assistance — everything Israel needs,” Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday, hoping it would be approved “within the next few weeks.”
The Senate is also scheduled to consider a resolution condemning Hamas and will discuss on Wednesday confirming the appointment of a new ambassador to Israel.
Its Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, said: “As Israel’s closest ally, the United States must set an example by supporting its actions to defend itself for as long as it takes.”
