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Kevin McCarthy removed as speaker of the House
California Republican Kevin McCarthy has become the
first speaker of the House forced out of the job in US history, after a
rebellion by far-right Republicans that was aided by Democrats and fueled by
frustration over his approach to government spending and negotiating with Joe
Biden.
The final
vote tally was 216 in favor and 210 against.
A
congressman since 2007, McCarthy was elected to the speaker’s post in January,
but only through a grueling 15 rounds of balloting after the same rightwing
Republicans who would later plot his ouster demanded concessions in exchange
for their assent. In the months that followed, those lawmakers grew frustrated
with the speaker’s approach to governing after he struck deals with Biden and
the Democrats to raise the debt ceiling and, this past weekend, keep the
federal government open while lawmakers worked out long-term spending plans.
That
agreement prompted Florida Republican Matt Gaetz to on Monday file a motion to
vacate the speaker’s chair. While most House Republicans supported McCarthy,
Democrats’ hostility to the speaker, who is an ally of Donald Trump, and a
handful of GOP defections sealed his fate.
The House
must now begin the process of finding a new speaker. Republicans maintain a
four-set majority in Congress’s lower chamber.
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