Republicans in the US House of Representatives have voted to remove a Muslim Congresswoman from the chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee. Democrats say Ilhan Omar was targeted because of her identity. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #IlhanOmar #HouseofRepresentatives #ForeignRelations #Democrats #Republicans #Muslim #Congress
After five days of a chaotic political stalemate, Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the US House of Representatives. McCarthy’s bid was blocked by hardline Republican party members who repeatedly voted against him. But after fifteen ballots he managed to capture the speaker’s gavel. He did, however, have to make major concessions to the hardliners, revealing once again, a fractious Republican party. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports fromCapitol Hill in Washington, DC. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #McCarthy #UnitedStates #HouseofRepresentatives #SpeakeroftheHouse #Republicans #Politics
The United States House of Representatives has adjourned for a second day without a speaker, as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy continued to fall short of the majority he needs to preside over the chamber. In the sixth round of voting on Wednesday, far-right opposition to McCarthy persisted, setting up the prospect of a prolonged crisis in Congress as the House remains practically paralysed without a speaker. McCarthy needed 218 votes to claim the gavel. But in three ballots on Wednesday, he only received 201, with 20 far-right Republicans backing Congressman Byron Donalds and one voting “present” as a sign of protest. Democrats remained united behind their nominee, Hakeem Jeffries, who […]
US legislators are reconvening on Wednesday to hold votes after Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to win a majority to be speaker of the US House of Representatives in what has become the first time in a century that the vote takes more than one ballot. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
