Florida Republican Matt Gaetz moved to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. A vote could happen as early as Tuesday.
Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters he was confident he had enough votes to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, or to force him to cut a deal with Democrats to stay in his post.Rep. Matt Gaetz moved late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. He has said the Bakersfield Republican had betrayed the GOP byUnder current rules, any House member may force a vote to remove the speaker. Gaetz filed such a motion Monday evening.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy , shown at an earlier news conference, has been repeatedly hamstrung by the conservative flank of his party. Congress has voted to prevent a government shutdown. But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to rely on Democrats to get the bill to President Biden’s desk.At the last minute, McCarthy relied on Democratic votes to send the upper chamber a bipartisian stopgap measure that extended government funding through mid-November.
Because Republicans’ House majority is so slim, even small groups of GOP lawmakers can vote with Democrats to prevent McCarthy from advancing his agenda. Hard-line House Republicans have used this leverage to force him to accede to various demands, including opening a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
“The supreme irony is that this is being initiated by self-described conservatives,” he said, alluding to Gaetz. “Do they honestly believe that when the Democrats side with them to remove a Republican speaker that they will then side with them to name a more conservative replacement? Of course not.”
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