After a fierce debate within the party to achieve a benefit exchange, Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in the early morning of the 7th. After the opening of the new Congress on the 3rd, a small group of about 20 people led by the "hardliners" of the Republican right wing of the House of Representatives has refused to vote for McCarthy, leading to "dystocia" of the Speaker and "paralysis" of the House of Representatives. The deadlock began to ease until the 12th and 13th rounds of voting on the afternoon of the 6th. The House of Representatives adjourned later and the two sides continued to bargain. At the end of the adjournment on the evening of the 6th, the 14th round of voting was held. McCarthy failed to "cross the line" by one vote. He was depressed and asked the Republican Congressman Matt Gates, who had voted "present". The atmosphere was tense. The House of Representatives then voted to adjourn the meeting again, but the "dramatic" scene appeared: McCarthy reached an agreement with the opponents at the last moment to ensure that he could "cross the line", and the Republicans immediately "changed their votes" and asked to continue to hold the 15th round of voting. In this round of voting, six of the 434 members of the House of Representatives voted "present". McCarthy received 216 of the remaining 428 votes, all from the Republican Party, and more than half of the votes were elected Speaker. All 212 Democrats voted for Hakim Jeffries, the new Democratic leader of the House of Representatives. It is reported that McCarthy's concessions include further lowering the threshold for the number of members of the House of Representatives who propose to recall the Speaker, allowing more right-wing "hardliners" to serve on important committees of the House of Representatives, and starting to consider and vote on a series of bills proposed by conservatives. McCarthy, 57, from California, has been a member of the United States Congress since 2007. He has been the leader of the House of Representatives minority party for the past four years. The last election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives with more than 10 rounds of voting dates back to 1859. Analysts believe that the reasons for the impasse in this election are the intensification of political polarization in the United States and the fiercer factional strife within the party. According to the New York Times article, this political dispute shows that the US Congress may be in chaos again and again in the next two years. US President and Democrat Biden said recently that the US was "embarrassed" that Congress could not fully operate. (Liu Xinshe)