After the majority of the Republican Party in the United States Congress was confirmed, it was also assumed that the leader of the party, Kevin McCarthy, would be the Speaker of the House. But so far it has not happened. He could not confirm his majority in three rounds of voting on Tuesday and three rounds on Wednesday. Even on Thursday, he did not get the desired majority in one round of voting. As a result, the question arises as to who will be the Speaker of the House of Representatives if not McCarthy.
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218 votes are required to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. But McCarthy, a longtime Republican camp leader, did not get the vote. And since the Speaker was not elected, those who were elected as members of the Parishad through the mid-term elections, could not take oath; The proceedings of the Parishad are suspended. Although the California lawmaker is still on the fence, it will be him who will win the party, the famous gavel of the House of Representatives will be raised in his hand. But when the polls were held on Wednesday, the chances of other candidates increased.
Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise has served as McCarthy's deputy in the House of Representatives since 2019. That is, when McCarthy is the leader of the opposition camp in the House of Representatives, Scalise is the deputy leader. He is not behind in terms of experience. He has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives for eight times. In 2017, he was shot by a left-wing extremist during a practice session ahead of the Congress's annual baseball game. He won the Republican Party's internal election last November for the second-highest seat in the House of Representatives.
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Scalise stood by McCarthy after he lost the speakership twice. In announcing McCarthy's candidacy in the third round of voting, Scalise said in the announcement that Republican House members "united to achieve something big."
But the thorn in the road for Scalise is Matt Rosendale. Rosendale is one of 20 lawmakers opposing McCarthy's bid for speakership. Last Tuesday, he said, those who were the leaders of the House of Representatives in the last 10 years, are not acceptable. That is, McCarthy or Scalise does not want anyone to sit in the position of speaker Rosendale.
Alice Stefanik
Elise Stefanik is running for speaker. In 2014, he was first elected as a member of the House of Representatives. He was 30 years old then. At that time she was the youngest female member of the council. He was the Vice President of Harvard University's prestigious Institute of Politics.
New York lawmaker Ellis Stefanik was known as a moderate. But recently he has become active as a right winger. This woman is one of those who have been giving strong support to former President Donald Trump recently.
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In May 2021, Liz Cheney lost her position as head of the House Republican Conference after criticizing Trump. Elise Stefanik later held this position. He was re-elected to this position in the November elections. This is the fourth highest position held by a Republican.
Elise Stefanik is also supporting McCarthy. McCarthy was nominated by Elise Stefanik in the first round of voting for speaker on Tuesday.
More names in discussion
Those who rebelled against McCarthy were led by Andy Biggs. The Arizona lawmaker was first pitted against McCarthy. Although he got 10 votes in total. This includes own vote. Jim Jordan was also nominated in the first round of voting. He got 6 votes in the first phase. However, he later supported McCarthy. Jim is ahead in the race to become chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly rather than the post of Speaker.
Andy Biggs and Jim Jordan were dropped and another name was floated for Speaker. That is Hakeem Jeffries of the Democratic Party. There is no division in the Democratic Party. As a result, he got 212 votes of the party.
If six Republican lawmakers vote for Hakim instead of the party's nominee, he will become speaker. Although this possibility is very low.
According to the US Constitution, the speaker of the House of Representatives does not have to be an elected member of this house. But whoever becomes the speaker, he must first get the nomination from the legislators. After that he can participate in the vote for the post of Speaker. Usually the speaker of the assembly is a legislator of this house. However, there have been several exceptions to the nomination.
Last seen in 2019. At that time, current President Joe Biden was nominated as Speaker. But this time former President Trump can be nominated for this position?
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