In the United States, on the 15th attempt, a new speaker was elected, who became the representative of the Republican Party, Kevin McCarthy.
Analysts have already drawn interesting conclusions by comparing the current protracted voting and similar cases in US history. The record is considered to be 133 attempts to vote in 1855.
On the 15th attempt, Republican Kevin McCarthy, Rossiya Segodnya MIA, was elected as the new speaker.
216 votes were cast for the candidacy of the new speaker. The gap from the competitor from the Democratic Party was only 5 votes. Six representatives abstained.
Speaker in the USA
In the American table of ranks, the position of speaker is considered the third most important. Without it, the House cannot work, since legislators cannot be sworn in. Consequently, legislative activity also stops.
Examples of history
The record for the number of votes is 133 attempts to elect a speaker in 1855. This took two months, and at the same time required changes in the rules. Then none of the candidates was able to get the required number of votes. Therefore, they chose the one for whom the majority voted.
In second place are 22 election attempts in 1819.
In total, there are 15 similar cases in the US legislative branch, and the last time something like this happened was in 1923, and again before the Civil War.
