Meet the new temporary speaker... Who is Patrick McHenry, the speaker pro tempore of the House following McCarthy's ouster? Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed from his post in a narrow Tuesday vote https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wh...r-pro-tempore-house-following-mccarthy-ouster Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is the new temporary leader of the House of Representatives after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed from his post Tuesday afternoon in a nail-biting vote. House rules dictated McCarthy, upon his election as speaker in January, provide a secret list of members to succeed him as speaker pro tempore should the office be vacated as it was with his removal. It was revealed following the vote to oust McCarthy that McHenry was at the top of the list. McHenry, a former media consultant and political operative, was first elected to the House to represent North Carolina's 10th Congressional District in 2004. He was selected as the House Republican chief deputy whip in 2015, and served in the role until 2019. He was selected as chair of the House Financial Services Committee in January. Now that he is speaker pro tempore, he has the powers of the House speaker in order to guide the chamber in its continued operation until a new speaker is elected. The 216-210 vote to remove McCarthy came about after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced a motion to vacate Monday evening after threatening to do so amid clashes between different factions of the Republican Party over details of a deal averting a government shutdown. Eight Republicans, including Gaetz, joined all Democrats in voting against McCarthy's continued speakership. It's unclear in which direction House Republicans intend to go as the process of selecting a new speaker moves forward, but McCarthy has said he intends to serve in the role. This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
Dems probably should have saved McCarthy.The next Speaker is likely to be worse and will be willing to burn it all down to appease the Freedom Caucus terrorists.
Well the Monty Hall problem says given a choice to swap, do. I assume they floated ejecting Gaetz from the party to keep McCarthy. I'll need AOC to explain this to me.
There was a lot of talk in the media about whether or not the democrats should save McCarthy too. The thing is they would then be responsible for all of the legislation that comes out of the House. And from what I understand McCarthy was not willing to govern with a coalition of republicans and democrats.
I figured you would be the first to reply to a relatively obscure reference Like John Brown, Gaetz has made the first radical protest against the $33Trillion debt
I'm nursing a sore foot after learning to not play jenga with my scrap iron pile last week but... Now a bunch of republicans cannot let McCarthy back in so that's a block of votes down a pocket so the Dems have a chance with Jeffries? May take a while..