“Mike Johnson” was announced as a candidate for the presidency of the Congress.
After holding a meeting behind closed doors, the Republicans of the US House of Representatives announced Mike Johnson as the candidate for the presidency of the Congress.
Mike Johnson of Louisiana is the fourth Republican to win his party’s nomination for the House of Representatives this month. The seat has been vacant since October 3 after the historic dismissal of Kevin McCarthy.
Despite Johnson’s nomination for the post, it is not yet clear whether he will be able to end the Republican caucus over the choice of a new chairman.
In this meeting, conservative Johnson presented himself as a bridge builder between different factions of the Republican Party. In this meeting, he surpassed his other Republican competitors, namely Byron Donalds, Mark Green, Roger Williams, and Chuck Fletchman, to win the nomination for this post and was finally announced as the candidate for the presidency of Congress. In general, 14 Republicans announced their readiness to win this position this month.
During yesterday’s meeting, “Tom Amr”, the number 3 man of the Republicans, first succeeded in getting the nomination for the presidency of the Congress, but hours later, he was withdrawn from the nomination due to the opposition of the right-wing of the party. After Donald Trump asked the right wing to oppose his candidacy, he withdrew his offer.
In this meeting, he presented his plans and proposals to his fellow party members in a 2-and-a-half-hour session behind closed doors and answered their questions about how to manage the Congress.
This is even though before him, Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan were excluded from running for the presidency of Congress.
Three days ago, after Jim Jordan lost three rounds of voting in the US House of Representatives to win the presidency, the Republicans canceled his nomination.
During the third round of voting to determine the president of Congress, he could not get the votes needed to get the support of the Republicans and reach the presidential seat.
This is even though he could not get the necessary votes during the first and second rounds of voting.
In addition to the Republicans’ disqualification of McCarthy and Jordan, they did not adequately support and confirm the GOP’s No. 2 man, Steve Scalise.
This means that the House of Representatives still cannot respond to Joe Biden’s requested $106 billion national security package, including military aid to Ukraine and Israel, or any measure to delay the government shutdown as the interim budget deadline approaches. 45 days to do.
Republicans in Congress will have to choose a new president from among their party members because of their narrow seat advantage, holding 221 seats to the Democrats’ 212, but it is not yet clear whether they will. can do such a thing.
Meanwhile, congressional Democrats have announced that they are ready to nominate a consensus candidate who can run Congress, but many Republicans have said they would not support a person supported by the opposition party, the Democrats.
The majority of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives voted on October 3 for a motion that led to the removal of Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Speaker of the House.
After the dismissal of Kevin McCarthy, Patrick McHenry was announced as his temporary replacement.
Meanwhile, following the operations of the Gaza resistance groups in the occupied territories, and Joe Biden’s promise to immediately send military aid to Israel, the Republicans of the US House of Representatives are facing new pressure to elect a new president of Congress.