McCarthy ousted as House Speaker. What happens next?
Republican leaders said they planned to meet on October 10 to discuss McCarthy's successor, with a vote on a new speaker planned for October 11.
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Republican leaders said they planned to meet on October 10 to discuss McCarthy's successor, with a vote on a new speaker planned for October 11.
After a historic vote to remove the speaker, lawmakers departed Washington on Tuesday night with the House of Representatives in chaos and no clear sense of who might lead it.
Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, who took the gavel, may oversee the election of a new speaker. But he does not have the power to run the chamber.
The No. 2 Republican and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee appear to be in the strongest positions in the early stages of the sprint to choose a new speaker.
Representative Nancy Pelosi had been given a “hideaway” office suite as a courtesy — one that was rescinded after she did nothing to help Representative Kevin McCarthy.