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☆ Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ends trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee about the Biden Administration's FY2025 budget request in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senators voted to dismiss both articles of impeachment and end the trial, with Democrats arguing that the articles were unconstitutional. Still, Republicans similarly moved to dismiss former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial in 2021, weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Johnson had said he would send them to the Senate last week, but he punted again after Senate Republicans said they wanted more time to prepare. The impeachment trial is the third in five years.

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☆ House sends Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Annie Grayer | Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —House Republicans have sent to the Senate two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a step that launches a trial in the Senate as GOP lawmakers seek to highlight President Joe Biden’s handling of immigration policy. House Republicans do not have the votes or concrete evidence to impeach Biden given their razor-thin majority, leaving that separate impeachment inquiry stalled. GOP arguments for impeachment and pushback from constitutional expertsWhen Johnson originally informed Schumer he would be sending the impeachment articles over to the Senate, he laid out why he believed a Mayorkas impeachment was justified. “These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment,” Green said in a statement provided to CNN. “I think that what the House Republicans are asserting is that Secretary Mayorkas is guilty of maladministration,” Garber said.

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☆ Lauren Boebert's fundraising took a huge plunge after she switched districts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lauren Boebert just had her worst fundraising quarter in years. But some of her House GOP colleagues are donating to her. George Santos even gave her $400. AdvertisementRep. Lauren Boebert just had her worst fundraising quarter in years, bringing in roughly $462,000 in the first three months of 2024. Former Rep. George Santos and Rep. Lauren Boebert before the State of the Union last month.

Persons: Lauren Boebert, George Santos, —, Boebert, Ken Buck, Mary Miller of Illinois, Ronny Jackson of, Anna Paulina Luna of, Jim Jordan of, Andy Biggs, Buck, Santos, Shawn Thew, Donald Trump, Jerry Sonnenberg Organizations: GOP, Service, Colorado Republican's, Rep, Caucus, Reps, House GOP Locations: redder, Colorado, Ronny Jackson of Texas, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Andy Biggs of Arizona, State, Denver

☆ Embittered Republicans plot to knock off House GOP’s hard-right leader in Virginia primary feud
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Bob Good didn’t come here to govern. Rep. Derrick Van Orden talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the US Capitol on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Asked if Good’s vote to oust McCarthy prompted the House GOP effort to defeat him, Georgia Rep. Austin Scott said: “It has something to do with that. Rep. Bob Good speaks with reporters at the US Capitol on January 12, in Washington, DC. Bob Good leads the fighters.”CNN’s Sheden Tesfaldet contributed to this report.

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☆ These 50 Democrats and 15 Republicans voted against a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that could lead to TikTok being banned. 50 Democrats and 15 Republicans voted against it. AdvertisementThe House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that could lead to TikTok being banned in the United States. The "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" easily cleared the chamber by a lopsided 352-65 vote, with 50 Democrats and 15 Republicans voting against the bill. @RepMTG on TikTok bill: "I rise today as the only member of Congress that has ever been banned by social media...Twitter banned me..

Persons: Jasmine Crockett, —, ByteDance, Abigail Spanberger, Raja Krishnamoorthi, weren't, Alexandria Ocasio, Mark Pocan, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Frost, Krishnamoorthi, Donald Trump, backhandedly, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mark Zuckerberg, Joe Biden's, Andy Biggs, Arizona Dan Bishop of, Carolina Warren Davidson of Ohio John Duarte, California Matt Gaetz, Florida Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Clay Higgins, Nancy Mace, Carolina Thomas Massie, Tom McClintock, California Alex Mooney, West Virginia Barry Moore, Alabama Scott Perry, David Schweikert, Arizona Greg Steube Organizations: Democratic, Service, Foreign, Energy, Commerce, Facebook, Republican, Twitter Locations: United States, Texas, Virginia, Beijing, Illinois, Alexandria, Cortez, Wisconsin, Georgia, Carolina, California, Florida, West, Arizona

☆ Speaker Mike Johnson once again stuck in the middle as funding deadline looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Lauren Fox | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Now, we are in a fully Johnson-run House, and he’s got to own all the decision making in the 12 appropriations bills. Probably not best for public policy either,” Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said. Johnson is facing pressure from members of the House Freedom Caucus to include dozens of policy riders that would never pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Just a week later, funding for the rest of the government will also lapse. I think we will see another omnibus appropriation bill.”Asked if that causes a problem for Johnson, Bishop argued, “The speaker didn’t create those problems.”

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☆ McCarthy foes face blowback as primary threats grow and GOP donors shut wallets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Melanie Zanona | Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Donors no longer want to contribute to their campaigns. So we obliged her,” one House Republican told CNN. Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee told CNN some “very wealthy folks” shut their wallets to him in the aftermath of his vote. “If you’ve watched, just her philosophy and the flip-flopping, I don’t believe she wins reelection,” McCarthy told CNN. “We are an incumbent-driven organization and support all House Republican incumbents call,” said a spokesman for the National Republican Campaign Committee.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene would have a major role in DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is set for one of the highest profile roles of her short career. Greene would be one of 11 House impeachment managers if the chamber votes to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. House managers are responsible for formally presenting arguments to the Senate during a trial in which senators become akin to jurors. Sen. Lindsey Graham was one of the House managers for then-President Bill Clinton's trial. On Monday, Greene spent part of the day fighting with Rep. Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the House rules committee.

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☆ GOP congressman blames the 'craze-os' and media for Trump being removed from ballots in connection with the January 6 riots
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA House Republican blamed the media for former President Donald Trump being removed from ballots as members of the GOP plan to file a resolution absolving him of the crimes he's been charged with in connection to January 6. Speaking fifth in a long series of frustrated Republicans, Rep. Andy Biggs directly accused the news media of leading Colorado and Maine to remove Trump from their presidential ballots. Advertisement"It was not an insurrection, but the craze-o's on the left supported by their accomplices in the media continue to try to harass and have President Trump removed from ballots using this false narrative," he said. She also told reporters, "You're hurting your own careers and you're hurting your industry" by labeling the former president an "insurrectionist."

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The dynamic is particularly unpleasant for House Republicans, many of whom would much prefer the hard-line border security bill they passed last year on a party-line vote, known as H.R. Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump," she said while campaigning in New Hampshire last week. Even GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who has taken pains to support Trump, has called for House Republicans to back the border deal. “To those who think that if President Trump wins, which I hope he does, that we can get a better deal – you won’t,” Graham recently told reporters. So if you think you’re going to get a better deal next time, in ’25, if President Trump’s president, Democrats will be expecting a pathway to citizenship for that,” he said.

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☆ Hardline US Republicans Who Cried 'Wolf' Side-Lined by Spending Deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

"Those individuals have now overplayed their hand," said Republican Representative Greg Murphy, a member of the Republican Study Committee conservative caucus. They now find themselves boxed out on spending, at a time when the nation's debt has surpassed $34 trillion. "At the end of the day, we control one-half of one branch of government, and we're working against Senate Democrats, House Democrats -- to be honest, Senate Republicans -- and the White House," said Representative Kelly Armstrong. And in November, the number of Republican voting against reached 93 on Johnson's initial stopgap spending bill. "I have no doubt that our wonderful Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, will only make a deal that is PERFECT ON THE BORDER."

Persons: David Morgan WASHINGTON, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, Johnson, Greg Murphy, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Bob Good, Dan Bishop, Kelly Armstrong, Schumer, Bishop, Andy Biggs, McCarthy's, Jared Moskowitz, Biggs, Donald Trump, Trump, David Morgan, Makini Brice, Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Republicans, U.S . House, Democratic, Republican, Caucus, North Carolina Republican, Senate, White, Senate Democrats, House Democrats, New York Democrat, Republican Party, Freedom Caucus Locations: Mexico, U.S, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza

☆ Two GOP Lawmakers Demand Records From FDIC
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Rebecca Ballhaus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg denied being subject to investigations for inappropriate workplace conduct at a House hearing, but later recanted his testimony, citing a 2008 investigation. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesTwo Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are investigating allegations of a toxic workplace at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, sending a letter to the agency Monday requesting records and a briefing by senior officials. In a letter to FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg , Reps. Lisa McClain of Michigan and Andy Biggs of Arizona wrote that the agency “may have turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and discrimination within its staff.”

Persons: Martin Gruenberg, Alex Wong, Lisa McClain, Andy Biggs, ” Organizations: Deposit Insurance Corp, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Lisa McClain of Locations: Lisa McClain of Michigan, Arizona

☆ Protests encapsulate progressive angst that could imperil Biden’s 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Israel could not have asked for a better friend than President Joe Biden. As global anger mounted at the thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza during Israel’s counter-attack against Hamas, Biden has been unequivocal on the Jewish state’s right to hit back. He pushed back at suggestions by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would somehow control Gaza after the war. Senior administration officials have repeatedly denied that any part of Biden’s calculations on Israel are rooted in domestic politics. Protests have rocked university campuses, where there’s been an outbreak of anti-Israel feeling that has sometimes crossed into blatant antisemitism.

Persons: Israel, Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Democratic Sen, Mark Warner, Virginia, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, “, –, what’s, ” Biden, Netanyahu, there’s, Hakeem Jeffries, Andy Biggs, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Trump, CNN’s Jeff Zeleny Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Democratic Party, Jewish, Democratic, CBS, Rep, New York Democrat, NPR, PBS, Marist, Israel, White, Democratic National Committee, Capitol, Democrat Party, DNC, American, GOP, Trump, New York Times, Siena Locations: Gaza, United States, Michigan, Israel, Alexandria, San Francisco, Washington, Arizona, California, Asia, Oakland, Iraq, Georgia, Virginia, Ohio, East

The tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, will expire at the end of December unless the White House and Congress can cut a deal and resolve an unusually vexing debate that has yielded unlikely alliances at the intersection of privacy and national security. Without the program, administration officials warn, the government won't be able to collect crucial intelligence overseas. National security officials have said that 59% of articles in the president’s daily brief contain Section 702 information. The White House has already dismissed as unworkable the one known legislative proposal that’s been advanced. Despite the clear challenges in reaching a compromise, the last-minute scramble between the White House and Congress has come to be expected each time the government’s surveillance powers are set to be renewed.

Persons: Biden, Matthew Olsen, Ayman al, Donald Trump, Trump, “, ”, Jamil Jaffer, George Mason University’s, That’s, Jim Jordan, Democratic Sen, Ron Wyden, Wyden, Andy Biggs, —, We’re, ” Wyden, “ We’ve, Farnoush Amiri Organizations: WASHINGTON, Foreign Intelligence, House, Department's, Hamas, Trump, White House, Congress, National Security Institute, George, White, Capitol, FBI, Republican Rep, Democratic, Republican, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Russia

☆ Republicans are dealing a 'devastating blow' to student-loan borrowers through a funding proposal that could 'severely' strain customer service support, Biden's administration says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

House Republicans proposed a spending bill that would cut funding for student aid administration. If passed, the legislation would further strain customer service as borrowers navigate repayment. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden's administration made clear Biden would not sign Republicans' funding proposals for education and labor in the upcoming fiscal year. AdvertisementThe House is voting on the GOP amendments on Tuesday, prior to a vote on Johnson's government funding bill which would keep the Education Department funded through February 2.

Persons: Biden, —, Joe Biden's, hasn't, Mike Johnson's, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mary Miller, Andy Biggs Organizations: Republicans, Management, Budget, Service, of Labor, Health, Human Services, Education, OMB, Congress, GOP, Education Department, Reps Locations: America

But Johnson told Fox News in an interview late on Thursday that House Republicans want "certain conditions" attached to any stopgap bill. "We need a path forward," said Representative Steve Womack, a senior Republican member of the House Appropriations Committee. Meanwhile, the House and Senate must deal -- in one fashion or another -- with the 12 regular spending bills funding government activities for the fiscal year. For months, many Republicans had opposed such a measure, arguing it simply enshrines spending priorities written last year by Democrats, who controlled the House, Senate and White House. SENATE PROGRESSThe Senate, following long delays imposed by a few Republicans, moved ahead with three of its 12 bipartisan funding bills.

Persons: Kevin Wurm, Mike Johnson, Johnson, Johnson's, Kevin McCarthy, Steve Womack, Womack, Joe Biden, Thomas Massie, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, dealmaking, Andy Biggs, Richard Cowan, David Morgan, Scott Malone, Richard Chang, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, Fox News, Republicans, Republican, Democratic, Biden, White, Defense Department, federal Social Security, Top, Christian, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Israel, Ukraine, Mexico, Washington

☆ How the ‘uniparty’ myth shut the House down
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Republicans’ House speaker morass continued Tuesday with a little help from former President Donald Trump. Yet another lawmaker with support from most House Republicans – Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, who was picked as their party’s nominee – failed to get the support of nearly all Republicans. What is ‘uniparty?’The term “uniparty” has been a favorite of people like Steve Bannon, the former Trump White House official turned podcaster. “You’ve got a small band of House conservatives who are fighting, really, in a lot of ways, a political guerrilla war against that uniparty,” Gaetz said. The majority of House Republicans backed Emmer, their fourth choice this year to be speaker, in both secret ballot voting and a behind-closed-doors roll call vote.

Persons: morass, Donald Trump, Tom Emmer, –, Trump, Emmer, he’s, ”, Steve Bannon, He’s, Matt Gaetz, Sebastian Gorka, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, Hakeem Jeffries, Gaetz, “ You’ve, ” Gaetz, McCarthy, Biden, Andy Biggs of, “ Don’t, ” Biggs, holdouts, Ralph Nader Organizations: CNN, Republicans ’, Republicans – Rep, Republicans, Emmer, ”, Democrats, Republican, Capitol, Trump White House, Fox, America, Salem Radio, Florida Republican, Salem News Channel, Democratic, Politico, Green Party, Pew Research Center Locations: Minnesota, Ukraine, New York, Washington, Florida, cahoots, Andy Biggs of Arizona

☆ Republicans are already trumpeting their opposition to accepting Palestinian refugees, even before Israeli forces enter Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe conflict between Israel and Hamas has only been raging for 10 days, but Republicans are already preemptively declaring that they oppose accepting Palestinian refugees. "No Gaza refugees in the United States," Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida wrote on Twitter on Monday. Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona claimed on Twitter that Democrats are pushing to "take in a million Palestinian refugees," calling the notion "absurd." AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocrats writ large have not discussed the prospect of accepting refugees from Palestine, aside from some progressive lawmakers. Some Republicans have argued not just that the US doesn't have the capacity for more refugees, but that the Palestinian refugees themselves are undesirable.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, —, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, Andy Ogles, Tennessee —, Tiffany, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Biggs, Jamaal Bowman, Sen, Tom Cotton of Organizations: Republicans, Florida Gov, Service, Hamas, Republican, Palestinian Authority, Senate, Twitter, Monday, New York, Progressives Locations: Israel, Tennessee, United States, GAZA, Florida, Arizona, Palestine, Gaza, York, New York, Iran, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Iowa, resettling, Afghanistan

☆ Who were the 8 GOP members who voted to oust McCarthy?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

For the first time in American history, the Speaker of the House has been voted out of office. GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz initiated the motion to oust fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the seat. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementFor the first time in American history the sitting Speaker of the House, California Republican Kevin McCarthy, has been voted out of office — and it took eight members of his own party to turn the tide against him. McCarthy has argued Gaetz's move was payback for Gaetz facing a House Committee inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and misuse of funds.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Gaetz, —, California Republican Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Andy Biggs, Arizona Ken Buck, Colorado Tim Burchett, Tennessee Eli Crane, Arizona Matt Gaetz, Florida Bob Good, Virginia Nancy Mace, Carolina Matt Rosendale, Montana McCarthy, — Biggs, Crane, Gaetz's Organizations: GOP, Service, California Republican, Republican, Republicans, House Democrats Locations: California, Colorado, Tennessee, Arizona, Florida, Carolina, Montana, Rosendale

☆ House votes to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, throwing the chamber back into chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The House voted to vacate the Office of the Speaker on Tuesday, booting Kevin McCarthy from his job. The House, under interim speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, will now have to hold speaker elections once again, and it's not clear where that will lead. In 1910, House Speaker Joseph Cannon called the motion himself as he faced a mutiny from his own party, daring his own members to oust him. The Saturday measure, while supported by most House Republicans, ultimately passed with more Democratic than Republican votes. Gaetz and dozens of other House Republicans — potentially more than half — oppose sending more aid to the besieged country.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz's, —, Matt Gaetz, McCarthy, Andy Biggs, Ken Buck, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Bob Good, Nancy Mace, Matt Rosendale, Republicans —, Patrick McHenry of, there's, What's, Hakeem Jeffries, Angie Craig of, hasn't, Saul Loeb, it's, Joseph Cannon, Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, Gaetz, Joe Biden, could've, McCarthy hasn't, they're, Abigail Spanberger, Spanberger, Jared Golden of, Who's, Tom Emmer, Jodey Arrington, Tom Cole of Oklahoma, Andy Ogles Organizations: Democrats, Service, Republicans, Democrat, Republican, Arizona Rep, Colorado Rep, Tennessee Rep, Florida Rep, Rep, South Carolina Rep, House Republicans, Democratic, Getty, —, Florida Republican, Texas Locations: Florida, Montana, Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, California's, Angie Craig of Minnesota, Ukraine, Virginia, Jared Golden of Maine, Minnesota, Tennessee

☆ Who leads the House now? The top Republicans who could be the next House speaker.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementFor the first time in American history, House lawmakers have ejected the Speaker of the House from power. 3 House Republican and formerly led the House GOP's campaign arm. Donalds, who is not in House leadership, did not speak on the floor before the historic vote. She was catapulted into House leadership after Republicans booted then-Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the N0. Once a more liberal Republican, Stefanik has become one of the biggest Trump supporters in the entire House Republican conference.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, —, Matt Gaetz's, McCarthy, Tom Emmer, Steve Scalise, Elise Stefanik, Here's, Minnesota Republican Nathan Howard, Andy Biggs, Anna Moneymaker, Scalise, Byron Donalds Rep, Byron Donalds of, Michael M, Donalds, Ron DeSantis, Jim Jordan Rep, Jim Jordan, Drew Angerer, Jordan can't, Jordan, Joe Biden, Andrew Harnik, Donald Trump's, Liz Cheney, Donald Trump, Stefanik, Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy Drew Angerer, he's, Gaetz, Trump, There's, Aaron Sorkin's Organizations: Service, Minnesota Republican, Getty, Republican, Politico, Caucus, Washington Post, GOP, Louisiana Republican, Congressional, Florida Republican, Florida, Gov, Ohio Republican, The Ohio Republican, New York Republican, Republicans, Trump, Capitol Locations: Minnesota, Louisiana, Byron Donalds of Florida, Ohio, Washington

The House narrowly voted to oust Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, dooming the House speaker to a fate that seemed almost guaranteed since he took the gavel in January, with a group of rebels in his conference nipping at his heels. “The office of speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant,” the clerk announced as the vote concluded. A temporary speaker – Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina – is expected to take over based upon a list of succession that McCarthy submitted in January, according to House rules . But in 2015, McCarthy’s speaker bid abruptly ended amid pushback from right-wing lawmakers who have long seen him as insufficiently conservative. I’m the 55th speaker of the House.”Without McCarthy at the helm, the House is expected to soon vote to elect another speaker.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy had support from 208 members of his conference to remain as House speaker. A look at the eight Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy from office, against the overwhelming wishes of their colleagues. REP. ANDY BIGGSBiggs is serving his fourth term in the House representing a strongly Republican-leaning district in Arizona. He said the annual spending bills are critical to cutting spending and getting rid of duplicative programs. It had nothing to do about spending," McCarthy said.

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☆ The House just took one step closer to firing Kevin McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republicans just tried to kill Matt Gaetz's motion to vacate, which would kick McCarthy out of his job. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe House just moved one giant step closer to firing the GOP's Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. Every House Democrat, along with 11 House Republicans, voted against the effort, ensuring a vote on McCarthy's future will take place shortly. The procedural move tees up a historic showdown: the first House vote to remove a speaker since 1910. Should it succeed, it will be the first time in American history that the House ousts its own speaker.

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CNN —Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday moved ahead in his attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top House leadership post, offering a motion to vacate the chair on the House floor – a rare procedural move that can be used to force a vote to remove the speaker. A floor vote to oust McCarthy would require a majority to succeed. According to House precedent, a resolution to remove the speaker would be considered privileged, a designation that gives it priority over other issues. To force a vote, a member must go to the House floor and announce their intent to offer the resolution to remove the speaker – as Gaetz did. Gaetz also cited the possibility of the House holding votes on sending aid to Ukraine as another reason to oust him.

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