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Prelude to the Best Sommelier of Canada Contest | SaltWireWASHINGTON - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday will try again to fill a leadership vacuum that has paralyzed the chamber for three weeks and left Congress unable to tackle urgent funding requests for Israel and Ukraine.
"People are so discouraged by what's happened the last three weeks that they want to come together," Representative Don Bacon said after a 2-1/2-hour candidate forum on Monday evening. But Republicans have already rejected two leaders with those skills. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker by a small group of Republican insurgents on Oct. 3, and his No. 2, Steve Scalise, dropped his own bid the following week when he was unable to line up enough votes to win the job.
Other candidates, like Representative Mike Johnson, are running as bridge builders who promise to unite the party after weeks of arguing and death threats. The infighting has left the House unable to respond to President Joe Biden's $106 billion request for aid to Israel, Ukraine and U.S. border security. Congress will also have to act before a Nov. 17 deadline to fund the U.S. government and avert a partial shutdown.
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