Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives
Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives
Latest news and live updates on the House vote on whether to oust Kevin McCarthy. The vote was prompted by a motion by Matt Gaetz after government funding disagreements.
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Anyone know who are the 5 most liberal republicans in the house are and if they want to just come over to the side that wants to govern?
Edit: According to a list I found online, those would be: -Fitzpatrick, Brian (PA-1) -Van Drew, Jeff (NJ-2) -Lawler, Mike (NY-17) -Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (OR-5) -Smith, Chris (NJ-4)
I'm never heard of any of them.
Van Drew ran as a Democrat and then flipped parties after Trump's impeachment. I wouldn't trust him as far as you could throw him.
Must be why he had a high history of voting with democrats.
I'm never heard of any of them.
That's probably a good thing Do you want any that you have heard of to be speaker?
As the current situation stands, I'd be suspicious of anyone who would willingly take the job.
Interesting tidbit of information, in Britain the leaders of the Government and Opposition will drag who was ever voted as Speaker to the Speaker's Chair.
It was the Speaker's job to tell the Monarch what the House of Commons wanted. If the Monarch didn't like what the Speaker said, no more Speaker.
Maybe the US needs to adopt that tradition.
Or go the way of the Wicker Man, just burn some random congress member to appease the Speakership God.