Kevin McCarthy fails for the twelfth time in his attempt to become Speaker of the House of Representatives

• Profile Kevin McCarthy, an unwanted candidate to preside over the House of Representatives

Kevin McCarthy's twelfth failed attempt.

The US House of Representatives began a new session this Friday, in which congressmen were

by not being able to elect a president of the chamber, an initial requirement for the start of the 118 Congress.

Republican congressman

was again proposed by his party to preside over the Lower House, after failing to overcome the eleven previous votes that have been held since Tuesday.

In the end, the Republican did not get the number of votes he needed to take office - which is 218 - during the twelfth ballot, although the recount has not yet been completed.

A group of ultra-Republicans, the so-called

, has been preventing the party's apparatus contender from taking office since Tuesday, throwing its support behind alternative conservative candidates ballot after ballot.

This Friday, they have nominated two new applicants,

and

.

Florida legislator Matt Gaetz, an ally of former President Donald Trump, was the one who proposed Jordan and in his speech he assured that McCarthy will not get the necessary votes

. "

Before entering the Capitol, McCarthy himself told the media that he is having meetings with the twenty wayward congressmen who deny his support, but he denied that an agreement has been reached.

"I'm not saying we have an agreement.

."

has also been nominated again

, who in the previous votes obtained 212 votes from his formation, insufficient to preside over a Chamber that has 435 seats.

The president of the House of Representatives is the third authority in the United States, only behind the president, Joe Biden, and the vice president, Kamala Harris, who also serves as president of the Senate.

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