Jim Jordan was dropped in a secret ballot after he failed to secure victory on his third attempt.
WASHINGTON: A damaging, weeks-long Republican leadership crisis deepened further Friday, leaving the paralysed US legislature unable to perform even basic functions like funding the government and addressing growing national security concerns.
Underscoring the dysfunction plaguing the party, the vote leaves Congress unable to respond to an urgent request by President Joe Biden for US$106 billion in emergency funding — mainly military aid for Ukraine and Israel. “I’m going to work as hard as I can to help that individual so that we can go help the American people. And I’m also going to get back to work.”
The names brought up by multiple lawmakers — largely technocrats who lack the profile of Jordan and other stars of the Republican right — included a pair of committee chairmen and two congressmen who are already members of the leadership. Jordan, a deeply divisive figure in his own party, had seen his vote share weaken with each successive ballot.
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