A hostile back and forth took place after Mr McCarthy approached him, while a number of Republican lawmakers began to crowd them. Rep. Mike Rogers, who did back Mr McCarthy in the vote, appeared to lunge in the direction of where Mr Gaetz was sitting, but was held back by other...
Kevin McCarthy was ousted as the Speaker of the House. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida forced the vote on the “motion to vacate.”
MCCARTHY: Look, the one thing I've always found, when you sit down with a member and talk to them, find out what their concerns are, especially when it's based upon policy, you can solve that problem. And I watched that with Marjorie from the vote to Speaker or to the vote for t...
While other speakers throughout history have stepped down after losing the support of their party, McCarthy is the first to be ousted through a vote of the full House in the middle of a congressional term. "It's uncharted territory because we've never done that in the history of the Unit...
WHITE HOUSE ACCUSES MCCARTHY OF MAKING ‘SECRET AGREEMENTS’ TO BECOME SPEAKER Video His ultimate win, albeit to a less powerful speakership than the one just vacated by Nancy Pelosi, had a lot to do with the 14 public losses. With each failed vote—even when the actual vote totals remaine...
Republicans have nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker. Now they must try to unite their deeply divided majority to elect the conservative in a floor vote after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]October...
— Vice PresidentKamala Harrisset a record Tuesday thatunderscored the closely divided natureof modern politics, casting her 32nd tie-breaking vote in the Senate, the most in the chamber’s history, Times writer Noah Biermanreported. — McCarthy and House ...
But through negotiations, McCarthy went down to offering a threshold of five members to force a vote to vacate. Last night, he reportedly went further down to the lowest possible threshold: one. Some moderates fear the emboldened conservative wing of the conference could use the rule willy nil...
For McCarthy, 57, winning Friday night’s vote marks the end of a near decade-long quest to become speaker. The Californian was next-in line to assume the post in 2015 when the Freedom Caucus successfully ousted then-speaker John Boehner. But McCarthy withdrew his candidacy at the last mo...
McCarthy has not hidden his disdain for the Republicans who voted for his removal,telling CNNlast month that Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina did not deserve to be reelected, and the Republican Party would benefit "tremendously" if Gaetz was not in Congress. He also questioned the motives ...