Kevin McCarthy Ousted as Speaker of the House
What Happens Now and Who Might Replace Him?
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🗞 HISTORIC DAY IN CONGRESS: KEVIN MCCARTHY OUSTED
A historic day in Washington: The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. That has literally never happened, where a House Speaker is ousted through the passage of a resolution to remove them.
BY THE NUMBERS
The vote: 216 to 210. There were eight Republicans who joined 208 Democrats in voting to remove McCarthy. But the motion to oust him actually came from a fellow Republican: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
Gaetz had warned that he would do this if McCarthy decided to pass a stopgap budget agreement by working with Democrats to avert a government shutdown.
That’s exactly what McCarthy did.
Gaetz then followed through on his promise.
WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS?
McCarthy would have needed Democrats in the House to vote to keep him in his leadership position. Democrats did NOT play ball.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said it's "now the responsibility of the GOP members to end the House Republican Civil War."
SO NOW WHAT?
The Speaker of the House, under the rules of the chamber, is required to keep a list of individuals who can act as interim speaker in the event a chair is vacated. The list, which is written by the sitting speaker at any given time, remains with the House Clerk and would be made public if the speakership were vacant.
The first name on the list was Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina.
The first order of business would be to hold an election for a new speaker.
Electing a new speaker requires the House to vote as many times as it takes for a candidate to get the majority vote.
McCarthy says he will NOT run again.
WHO’S ON THE SHORT LIST FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER?
Reuters put together a list of possibilities:
STEVE SCALISE: Scalise is the No. 2 House Republican and has long been favored to take over the head of the Republican Party in the chamber after McCarthy's tenure ended.
TOM EMMER: Representative Tom Emmer is the House Republican whip and had headed the House Republicans' campaign arm during the 2022 midterm elections, when Republicans recaptured the House majority.
JIM JORDAN: He’s the chair of the House Judiciary Committee and an ally of former President Trump.
BYRON DONALDS: Hardline Representative Byron Donalds, considered a rising star in the Republican Party, garnered 20 votes during one of the rounds of voting for the speaker's race in January.
PATRICK MCHENRY: Currently the interim speaker, he’s the Chair of the House Financial Services Committee. McHenry is a McCarthy ally who spoke in support of McCarthy prior to the vote.
And outside the box:
DONALD TRUMP: Historically, the House has always elected one of its own as speaker, but the U.S. Constitution does not say that the job has to go to an elected member of the House. Some Republican allies of former President Donald Trump have suggested he could serve in the role.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: The House Minority Leader is the Democratic leader and garnered more votes than McCarthy during 11 rounds of voting in the speaker's election.
✔︎ Mo News Reality Check: As of now, the vote for the House Speaker won't be until next week. And it will likely be difficult for Republicans to find consensus on a candidate given the deep divisions within the party. Until someone wins, the House is likely to be paralyzed.
Time is of the essence: Lawmakers have less than 45 days to pass a budget until government funding runs out.
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