The Republican majority in the US House of Representatives on Thursday, January 5, failed 11 rounds of voting for the speaker. The last time congressmen reached such a dead end was 164 years ago.. It is reported by CNN.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has already been defeated in the 11th round of voting for the House Speaker position, as a group of members of his party opposed his candidacy..

The Republicans who nominated Kevin McCarthy for this position have not yet demonstrated unity - McCarthy each time lacked only 17 votes of his fellow party members. The problem is that two dozen Republicans from the pro-Trump wing of MAGA categorically refuse to support his candidacy..

CNN also reports that even those Republicans whom he financed for many years stood up against McCarthy.. For example, one of McCarthy's biggest opponents, Scott Perry, has received about $50,000 from him over the past 10 years..

Until the speaker is elected, the renewed Congress cannot begin its work, because none of the congressmen can take the oath. Republicans tried to reach an agreement within their own political force during the breaks between voting, but never reached an understanding.. The last time such contradictions in the Chamber were 164 years ago.

At the same time, the Democrats, who have been in the minority in the lower house since the beginning of the year, have no disagreements in their position.. They have consistently nominated their party leader Hakim Jeffreys as speaker and have yet to lose a single vote in support of him in all 11 votes..

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Recall that even after the first failures on Tuesday, Joe Biden called the race unfolding in the race for the seat of the speaker of the House of Representatives, " So the president commented that the Republicans could not unite around one candidate.