The political crisis was deepened by elections to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the United States (US) Congress. The Republican majority leader, Congressman Kevin McCarthy, has appeared on the ballot six times and failed to reach the winning threshold each time. He did not receive enough votes to be elected speaker by the remaining 201 votes, where 20 Republicans voted in favor of Byron Donalds.
All 212 Democrats continued to vote for Hakeem Jeffries, while one lawmaker did not vote. With the latest development, the speaker of the parliament could not be elected in the sixth round of voting for the first time in the last 100 years in the US House of Representatives.