The Republican leader was elected by 15 votes, with 216 votes, two less than the predetermined majority, and thanks to the abstentions of six congressmen.
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The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on Saturday morning after winning majority support from Republicans fifteenth vote.
The California congressman has obtained 216 votestwo less than the majority set in 218, but they have been enough after six congressmen voted “present” and abstained from casting a vote, thereby reducing the total vote count to reach a majority.
The four days of voting have paralyzed the activity of the House of Representatives and created a legislative crisis unprecedented in more than 150 years, all after they came to fruition differences between different factions of the Republican Party.
With very little margin for error, McCarthy, who strove to assert the small Republican majority In the House of Representatives, taking into account the 222 seats it won in the mid-term elections, the party was only able to win after 15 votes.
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