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Republican lawmaker Steve Scalise withdrew from the race for Speaker of the House of Representatives late Thursday after failing to secure enough support within Republicans. Congress is unable to take any action on Ukraine and Israel without first electing a new leader.
Republican lawmaker Steve Scalise announced late Thursday that he would withdraw from the race to become Speaker of the House of Representatives.
"Republicans need to unite and this has not been achieved. There are still some legislators who are fighting for their own special agendas,” he said.
Although he managed to secure the nomination from the Republican caucus with a narrow majority of votes on Wednesday to become the candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, the lawmaker Scalise could not secure the support of 217 lawmakers, the right number to be elected chairman, knowing that no Democrat was expected to vote for him.
"He told a lot of people he only got 150 votes. He didn't get enough support."
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted last week after losing the support of eight Republicans, has not ruled out running for re-election.
Many Republican critics say that lawmaker Steve Scalise has similar views to Mr. McCarthy and would not negotiate the drastic cuts in government spending that they have demanded.
"This is a race, which is now going to be even more difficult," says Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie.
The other Republican candidate for Speaker of the House, conservative Jim Jordan, had called for an end to the debate and supported his rival Steve Scalise.
"I hope we can unite around the Speaker of the House of Representatives and do the work of the American people, help our dearest and closest friends, the State of Israel," he said .
The 212 Democratic lawmakers are expected to vote for their leader, Hakeem Jeffries, who called for an end to the impasse in the House of Representatives.
"Israel needs its closest friend and ally in the world, the United States of America, to support it in this urgent time. The inability of House Republicans to get the job done, even when they themselves, according to their own rules, have chosen a candidate for Speaker, speaks to a broader chaos, dysfunction and extremism in their ranks," he said . .
An analyst says that the division of power between Democrats and Republicans could be a solution, which would enable the functioning of the House of Representatives.
"Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Jeffries floated an idea recently, saying, 'I can work with the other side if enough moderate Republicans want to get back to normal business, given the disasters. that are happening around the world," said Casey Burgat of George Washington University.
Republicans are also considering the possibility of electing the interim chairman, Republican lawmaker Patrick McHenry, to a permanent role in the post until November, when the federal government's interim budget is expected to expire./ VOA
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