Republicans take power on day of ‘chaos’ on Capitol Hill
, 2023-01-03 17:18:10,
Republicans take power on day of ‘chaos’ on Capitol Hill
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
By Acee Agoyo
Indianz.Com
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 118th Congress opened in a most unusual fashion here as Republicans descended into what one Democratic leader derided as “chaos” in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Thanks to the November 2022 election, Republicans control 222 seats in the House. The results, though far from the “red wave” predicted by some pundits, were enough to put the GOP in power for the first time in five years.
But there was little to celebrate on Tuesday as Republicans were unable to unify around their first significant vote of the session: the election of the Speaker of the House. In an unprecedented — yet entirely expected — development, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Republican) failed spectacularly in his bid to secure enough votes to lead the chamber.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California), fails spectacularly in bid for Speaker of US House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. 19 #Republicans defected.
Another round of balloting is expected for McCarthy, whose wife is famously part of “Northern Cherokee Nation.”
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