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The Republican Party’s sequel to last January’s Kevin McCarthy crisis is not going well.

On a bright Thursday morning, visitors filtered through the foyer before the speaker’s office. Led by red-jacketed tour guides, the headphone-wearing tourists glanced with vague interest, some even halting the flow of traffic to take photos of the sign above the leadership suite. In case you’re wondering, Kevin McCarthy’s name is still emblazoned over the entryway to the House speaker’s office. It’s a relic of an earlier era, when the House actually had a speaker—last Tuesday morning, to be prec

Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives will try to move closer to picking a successor to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, under mounting pressure from a war in the... -October 10, 2023 at 06:09 am EDT - MarketScreener

The House adopted a resolution by Representative Matt Gaetz to vacate the speakership, leaving the chamber leaderless.

The glib Californian made many promises and paid a price when he was unable to fulfill them. But his demise also reflected the challenge of wielding a Republican majority that refuses to be governed.