WASHINGTON Jan 8 conversation with Republican Kevin McCarthy to congratulate him on his election to the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, the White House press service told reporters.
«The President held a conversation with Speaker McCarthy this afternoon to express his congratulations to him,» the US administration informed.
McCarthy on Saturday night was elected as the new Speaker of the House following the results of the 15th round of voting. Prior to this, for four days the work of the chamber was actually paralyzed, since the new congress without a speaker could not take the oath and, as a result, begin the legislative process.