Photo: YouTubeThe pure theatre of events in the US House of Representatives this week is many things: a once-in-a-century impasse; a power struggle; a barometer of dysfunction; a gift to the Democrats. Joe Biden, the president, is right — even if entirely self-serving — to remark that it all looks “a little embarrassing” for the Republicans. It should have been smooth sailing for McCarthy, the majority leader who needs 218 votes to take the Speaker’s gavel. The House is constitutionally required to elect a Speaker and cannot start the business of governing until then. Neither is McCarthy the first Republican to suffer: just ask former Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan.

Source: Ethiopian News January 07, 2023 08:18 UTC