The House of Representatives in Washington reconvenes on Wednesday to try again to elect its speaker after failing to end its first day on Tuesday in what is unprecedented in 100 years.

The procedure in the body is expected to start with the opening of the meeting at 12:00 local time (7:00 pm Greek time).

Deep tensions within the ranks of the Republicans, who won the most seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2022 midterm elections, prevented favorite Kevin McCarthy from taking office, succeeding outgoing Democratic speaker Nancy Pelosi after three votes. .

For the first time since 1923, a new body president is not elected from day one. At that time, at least nine votes were required to elect Republican Frederick Gillette.

Of course, Tuesday’s tension surprised no one, the Los Angeles Times reported, according to a German news agency. Several conservative Republicans have been signaling for weeks that they will oppose Mr. McCarthy. It is unclear whether the conflict can be resolved immediately.

This event marks a chaotic start to the new lower house’s term, postponing voting on the rules that will govern the 118th Congress and swearing in new members.

According to a Reuters report, Republican hardliners are putting forward an alternative candidate, the 58-year-old Jim Jordanrepresenting Ohio and being big supporter of Donald Trump, although he himself sided with Mr. McCarthy. Twenty Republicans voted for Mr. Jordan—less than a tenth of the number that voted for Kevin McCarthy, but enough to prevent the latter from being elected.

Source: APE-MPE, Reuters.