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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Frankie TAGGART

Back-to-back Defeats Highlight US Republican Chaos

Republicans were all smiles after picking Mike Johnson as the new House speaker -- but the party has been disarray during much of his short tenure (Credit: AFP)

Democrats pushed Wednesday to secure US aid for Ukraine, following a day of humiliating legislative setbacks for Republicans that underlined congressional dysfunction on key areas of domestic and international policy.

House Republicans were embarrassed by back-to-back defeats Tuesday on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and an aid package for Israel that raised questions over the party's ability even to count votes and corral its fractious rank-and-file.

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