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The US Congress is deadlocked due to paralysis in the House of Representatives after the impeachment of its speaker, Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday. Lawmakers face a six-week deadline to pass the government spending bill and avoid a government shutdown.
A dysfunctional House of Representatives and the time needed to identify and select a presidential candidate to secure the necessary support have stalled several important spending bills, including those to fund the military, international humanitarian aid and efforts to resist China's influence.
Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated House are not expected to hold another vote this week. But Democrats and Republicans will hold talks on potential House speaker nominees by a narrow margin in a period that could require a deal not only between them but also with the Democratic-led Senate. related to spending bills.
The election of the new chairman may not be a quick process. Lord McCarthy took 15 rounds of voting to be confirmed in the role of leader in January.
He had to make some concessions to conservatives in his own party, including a rule that a single lawmaker could demand a vote to remove him as speaker.
His ouster on Tuesday marked the first time in American history that a speaker of the US House of Representatives - the third-highest political figure behind the president and vice president - has been impeached. Facing a challenge from several lawmakers in his own party, Republican Kevin McCarthy lost the seat in a vote of 216 to 210.
Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz initiated the motion of no confidence in Mr. McCarthy's ouster over the government's budget approval last week, which ignored the conservative Republican group's fiscal priorities.
"I think $33 trillion in debt is chaos. I think facing a $2.2 trillion annual deficit is chaos," he said. Mr. McCarthy told reporters he would
not run for president again.
fight, maybe in a different way. I won't run for president again," he said.
Because of the slight Republican lead over Democrats in the House of Representatives, only eight Republicans voted against, along with all Democrats. present to fire Mr McCarthy, who had faced mounting criticism since agreeing to a deal with President Joe Biden on the debt ceiling earlier this year.
"Many of us have repeatedly pleaded with the president to use the debt ceiling request to push for spending cuts and reforms. Instead, he negotiated an unlimited increase in the debt ceiling," said Republican lawmaker Bob Good on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, urging his colleagues to vote to impeach Mr. McCarthy.
Most Republicans voted in favor of Mr. McCarthy.
"Think twice before you plunge us into chaos, because that will be the result if we leave that seat vacant," said Republican lawmaker Tom Cole.
But it was the Democratic votes that made his impeachment possible.
"We will not vote in a way that would save Speaker McCarthy," said Democratic lawmaker Pramila Jayapal.
"He is not reliable. And you can see that within his group, but also in the way he has acted with us and the American people," said Democratic lawmaker Annie Kuster.
The historic release comes at a key moment, as the government's short-term funding deal did not include aid to Ukraine.
"The entire leadership of the House of Representatives supports continued aid to Ukraine. And the vast majority of Republicans in that chamber support continuing that aid. It's a small but very vocal number who oppose it. But they don't represent their party. They do not represent their leadership."
American lawmakers will vote next week for a new speaker of the House of Representatives, the person who is third in the political hierarchy in the United States, after the president and vice president. /VOA
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