Joe Biden described Wednesday as "embarrassing" the difficulty of elected Republicans to agree to elect the president of the American House of Representatives, where they nevertheless have a majority.

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The “rest of the world” is watching what is happening in Congress, the US president told reporters before a trip to Kentucky, adding that he remained focused in order to “get results”.

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