WASHINGTON: Kevin McCarthy was axed on Tuesday (Oct 3) as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal rebellion by the far-right of the Republican party furious at his cooperation with Democrats. The unprecedented manoeuvre laid bare the chaotic levels of internecine squabbling in Republican ran
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, is facing a vote on whether to oust him from the chamber's top job as he squares off against far-right critics in his own party. WASHINGTON: Kevin McCarthy was axed on Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal rebellion by the far-right of the Republican party furious at his cooperation with Democrats.
with just a few Republicans, helped by Democrats loath to help a speaker who only recently opened a highly politicised The tussle came two days after the House and Senate passed a measure to avert a costly government shutdown - both with big bipartisan majorities - by extending federal funding through mid-November.They accused McCarthy of a flip-flop, saying he'd promised an end to hastily prepared stopgap legislation, hammered out with the support of the opposition, and a return to budgeting through the committee process.
Republicans will gather to put up a candidate for a vote to be the new speaker - and it is not out of the question that McCarthy could be nominated for a return to the role he just lost.