Republicans in the United States House of Representatives are expected to choose their nominee for speaker after a three-week leadership vacuum that has paralysed the chamber, leaving it unable to vote on urgent funding for Israel and Ukraine.
The 221-member Republican majority in the House gathered on Tuesday morning for closed-door votes on a nominee, a flashpoint issue that has divided mainstream and hardline party members. The party is expected Eight candidates are battling it out to win the speaker’s gavel, the most powerful position in the House after the presidency. Failure to find a speaker could lead to further turmoil in the House, which faces a November 17 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
