UPDATE: Kevin McCarthy’s future as House speaker was in peril as enough Republicans joined with Democrats on a vote that clears the way for a roll call later on Tuesday to oust him. A vote to…
Opening Day Of Donald Trump Civil Fraud Trial Gives Glimpse Of How Networks May Cover Camera-Less Criminal Proceedings‘s future as House speaker was in peril as enough Republicans joined with Democrats on a vote that clears the way for a roll call later on Tuesday to oust him.‘s resolution to remove McCarthy was rejected 218-208. Eleven Republicans joined with all Democrats, raising the prospect that McCarthy will come up short in trying to remain in the post.
The House was poised to vote on a motion to vacate, filed by McCarthy’s nemesis from the right, Rep. Matt Gaetz . The vote, expected to take place at about 1:30 p.m. ET, threatened to revive the spectable of January, when McCarthy endured through 15 votes before winning the speakership. On the Hill, reporters filled seats in the media gallery, and other staked out McCarthy’s office, while tourists waited in Statuary Hall with their camera phones. News networks got an extra dose of midday drama with the vote, one of the few times that a roll call has a genuinely suspenseful outcome. Democrats appeared to try to delay an earlier vote, ostensibly to give some of their members more time to make it to the floor. McCarthy needs a majority of members present to survive.
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