US House 'leaderless' state expected to end。

The party defected, Jordan said, "I've done my best."

According to media reports, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have held a candidate forum at 18: 30 local time on October 23 to review the new House speaker candidates, which are expected to be elected by secret ballot on the morning of the 24th.。Since the ouster of former Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy on October 3, the U.S. House of Representatives has been paralyzed, making it difficult to advance a number of important issues.。

During the nearly 20 days of McCarthy's ouster, the interim speaker was Rep. Patrick McHenry, also a Republican.。

Like his House colleagues, McHenry is anxiously waiting for the House to elect a new speaker: Already, Republican senators say their party image is being severely damaged by the failure of House Republicans to elect a new House speaker in nearly three weeks。

In the meantime, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have not been without effort.。They first introduced Steve Scalise from Louisiana, but after it became clear that he could not get enough votes in the House, Scalise withdrew from the nomination for Speaker of the House.。

By contrast, the more regrettable candidate was Jim Jordan from Ohio.。

In the middle of this month, his Republican colleagues had put the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, a Republican right-wing conservative, on the ballot, but in all three rounds of voting in the House Speaker election, Jordan was unable to get enough votes to be elected。On October 20, Republicans in the United States had no choice but to cancel their nomination for Speaker。

At present, the House of Representatives should have 435 members and 433 existing members, including 221 from the Republican camp and 212 from the Democratic camp.。Judging by the result of a simple majority, a speaker candidate who is sent to the polls needs to get at least 217 votes。

Because of the numerical advantage, in theory, as long as the Republican camp in the House of Representatives can all support their candidate, it can directly finalize the House speaker。However, in the first round of voting for the Speaker election held on the 17th, 20 Republican lawmakers did not vote for Jordan.。In the second round of voting, 22 Republican lawmakers did not vote for Jordan。In the third round of voting, the number rose to 25.。

It can be said that the party's defection is an important reason for Jordan's steady decline in the House of Representatives.。For the result, Jordan said, "I have tried my best."。He also said Republicans should "unite" to elect a new speaker.。

GOP votes to open 'eight-man scuffle "

In the 23-24 election, a total of nine Republican representatives announced their candidacy for speaker, including: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (Tom Emmer); Republican Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson (Mike Johnson); Senior Congressman Jack Bergman (Jack Bergman); House Finance and Oversight Committee member and former member of the hardline conservative "Freedom Caucus" Palmer (Byron Donalds); Republican Research Committee Chairman Desary (KevinAustin Scott, who challenged Jordan but lost in the 13th Republican closed-door vote。

It is worth noting that at the Republican Candidate Forum held on the 23rd, Mu Ze announced his withdrawal from the current speaker candidate race, which means that only eight candidates eventually entered the Republican Party's secret ballot on the 24th。

The secret ballot will begin at 9 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, using a last-place elimination system, where the candidate with the fewest votes in each round of voting will be automatically eliminated until the official Republican nominee for Speaker is finalized。Then, later in the day, the official candidate still needs to win at least 217 votes in the House to officially become Speaker of the House.。

Currently, the remaining eight MPs say they are all trying to win the Speaker's seat, but the gap between the eight candidates is not wide。While Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, may have a slight advantage after McCarthy backed his candidacy, that advantage also did not form an overwhelming momentum。

Whoever is elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives has a mess to deal with, including support programs for Israel and annual funding for the U.S. federal government.。Without a speaker or some kind of special bipartisan agreement, the U.S. federal government is set to shut down on November 17.。