Dramatic moments from a week of chaos in Congress - BBC News

Days of failed votes for Speaker have offered a unique glimpse of moments not usually captured by cameras in the US House of Representatives.

The BBC's Holly Honderich dives into the most dramatic parts of the week-long saga.

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[akylrysgal]

At least we know that the lady announcing the results has a nice selection of outfits

[Jim_]

Looks like parliamentary conduct has made its way to the US 😂

[XiangYu]

Yoooo I used to play badminton with the reporter here, what a legend. Glad to she her on the goddamn BBC!

[CODTerracraft]

Looks like a Netflix series that’s about to be cancelled

[Oropher]

So much meme potential from all these photos & clips 😂

[verdebusterAP]

Watching this battle for the speaker of the house is both hilarious as well truly disappointing to see elected officials act like a bunch of pre school children
But at same time, the country gets to see the true colors of the Republican party
The Democrats remained united the entire time while the Republican party was a literally shit show

[frees]

Like a middle school classroom when the teacher leaves

[MB-xwnr]

This was very well done! The Republican reality show that never stops entertaining 😂

[weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

The editing of this video featuring this rather mad fiasco was absolutely fantastic 👌💖🤣🤣

[KevinBReynolds]

Go ahead Britain, make fun of us. It is well deserved.

[xasanboydosmatov]

For me, this mainly shows how important “in person” investigation is.

[HopefulAmericaine]

Using up taxpayer money to put on a clown show. Then use taxpayer money to wine and dine celebrating what…? Is this the core of democracy or have politicians gone rogue…?

[tobehonest]

Un-Democratic

So they keep voting for the same guy until he won ..WTF

[aquickstory]

they are not the problem. it is all the people who think that voting for their favorite politician is a mark of intelligence. they represent that collective minds of nation.

[Tmb]

We got to see Congress be slightly less boring for a couple days. It was almost like watching a few seconds of British Parliament for a m- “ORDER ORDER ORDER!!!!”

[saxoeeee]

UK folks, this was our version of
“What on earth is going on in the House of Commons” moment that you guys had 😅

[johncwinchell]

reminds me of watching elementary kids @ recess...Mexican standoff in the schoolyard

[EUMikkel]

A two party system just seems so inefficient in terms of representing people and incentivizing making compromises - I wonder if the US will ever make the transition to a multiparty system

[okboomer]

Not appointing a House Speaker is not necessarily a bad thing. Essentially no bills or budgets would be passed, shutting down the government.
Myself and many of my colleagues would welcome this.

[SourDoughBill]

Only in American can a black man win the vote twelve times and still not be Speaker of the House. <g>