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• Fourth law enforcement officer dies in North Carolina shooting
• Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy reflects on his legacy, jabs critics as he exits Congress
• December 1927
• October 2015
• Early leadership posts
• Watch Biden's full remarks at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ dinner

Boehner resigned from the House of Representatives in October 2015 due to opposition from within the Republican conference. An earlier version of this article misstated the number of votes Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana received in House Republicans’ internal election to choose a speaker nominee. The House has been in a state of uncertainty and chaos since Oct. 3, when rebels forced a vote to oust Mr. McCarthy as speaker.

It’s been 17 days without a speaker. Here’s what needs to happen in the House - CNN

It’s been 17 days without a speaker. Here’s what needs to happen in the House.

Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

Fourth law enforcement officer dies in North Carolina shooting

They were angry that McCarthy cut a deal with Democrats to avert a partial government shutdown and fund the government temporarily for 45 days. They were also frustrated at the terms of a deal he cut with President Joe Biden to raise the nation’s debt limit earlier this year. This wing of the GOP is absolutist in its view of federal spending and some have even expressed willingness to entertain a default or shutdown to get what they want.

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Mr. Johnson said Mr. Jordan called him when he was running for office, because “he knew I was a conservative,” contributed money to his campaign and invited him to Washington for a meeting with him and other Freedom Caucus members. After a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters, believing the election was rigged, stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and injured about 150 police officers, Mr. Johnson condemned the violence. But he defended the actions of congressional Republicans in objecting to Mr. Biden’s victory. On the eve of the Jan. 6 votes, Mr. Johnson had honed his arguments undermining the election to be more palatable. He presented colleagues with arguments they could use to oppose the will of the voters without embracing conspiracy theories and the lies of widespread fraud pushed by Mr. Trump. Mr. Johnson instead faulted the way some states had changed voting procedures during the pandemic, saying it was unconstitutional.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy reflects on his legacy, jabs critics as he exits Congress

The No. 3, McCarthy, soon ran aground over remarks in a TV interview and lacked the votes to be speaker. The party settled on Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who had not sought the gavel but agreed to take it. The No. 2 Republican at the time did not have the votes, and the No. 3 declined to run. The chairman of the Appropriations Committee was nominated by the party conference but withdrew after a magazine story accused him of marital infidelity. In 1994, two years into the presidency of Democrat Bill Clinton, Gingrich organized a campaign around a 10-item agenda called the "Contract with America." It provided a unified message for the party's nominees, who flipped more than 50 seats and stormed into the majority. The 30-year saga began with Gingrich of Georgia, who was the first member of his party to gain "the big gavel" since the early 1950s and the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

An election for speaker took place on January 3, 2021, at the start of the 117th Congress, two months after the 2020 elections in which Democrats won a slim majority of the seats. An election for speaker took place on April 15, 1929, at the start[c] of the 71st Congress following 1928 elections in which Republicans won a majority of the seats. Nicholas Longworth received a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected speaker. An election for speaker took place on December 5, 1927, at the start of the 70th Congress following 1926 elections in which Republicans won a majority of the seats. An election for speaker took place on April 11, 1921, at the start[c] of the 67th Congress following 1920 elections in which Republicans won a majority of the seats.

October 2015

Kevin McCarthy voted out: first House Speaker to be ousted - The Associated Press

Kevin McCarthy voted out: first House Speaker to be ousted.

Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

"People study that type of crazy mind, right? Mainly at the FBI. And so, I think from the perspective, history will prove right what we did." He said Gaetz will do anything to make sure a House Ethics Committee investigation doesn't come out. The House Ethics Committee launched an inquiry in the 117th Congress to investigate whether Gaetz violated House rules amid allegations of sexual misconduct and misuse of funds. But the panel deferred judgment on the matter amid an investigation at the Department of Justice, which did not charge Gaetz. Over the summer, several months into the 118th Congress, it became clear that the Ethics Committee's probe of Gaetz was not over. McCarthy continued to openly express his disdain for Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the effort to vacate the chair and remove McCarthy from power.

So many Democrats felt like they didn’t owe him anything, even if a future GOP speaker could be more conservative than McCarthy. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant. McCarthy wouldn't say whether he would target Republicans who acted to oust him by funding primary opponents. Instead, he said he would use his campaign war chest to help incumbents in challenging races.

Last night after meeting with Jordan, Buck said he is still a “no” on the floor. Jordan said he “hopes” to be speaker by the end of the day and “we will find out here pretty soon” if he has the votes on the floor. But the party also has a collective political interest in watching Republicans squirm. While he cut deals to keep the government open and raise the debt ceiling, he also recently initiated an official impeachment inquiry against Biden. And he refused to put some bills that had widespread bipartisan support – such as a defense authorization bill – on the House floor without partisan additions. Many House Republicans who share some of these ideological views, however, continued to support McCarthy.

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Gingrich had been a backbench rabble-rouser since coming to the House in 1978 and built up a cadre of supporters until he won the party's No. 2 power position as minority whip in 1989. He soon eclipsed the party's leader, Robert Michel, who was nearing retirement. Johnson has gained stature and won bipartisan praise for letting the whole House vote on the aid package. He also got strong support in the Senate, where even an outright majority of Republicans voted for the aid on Tuesday. But this time around several Democrats have indicated they would cross the aisle to support Johnson and frustrate Greene & Co. if it came to a vote.

McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3, setting off a contentious race to replace him. Eight Republican rebels, led by Matt Gaetz of Florida, forced out the speaker midsession for the first time in history. That night, McCarthy said he feared “the institution fell today” and quipped that he made a mistake in helping get some of those eight GOP lawmakers elected. McCarthy’s timeline means he would depart before the Feb. 13 special election to replace expelled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., further cutting the Republican majority to 220 members to 213 Democrats.

The Republicans retained their majorities in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 elections. From early in its existence, the speaker's primary function had been to keep order and enforce rules. Furthermore, when no candidate received an Electoral College majority in the 1824 presidential election, causing the president to be elected by the House, Speaker Clay threw his support to John Quincy Adams instead of Andrew Jackson, thereby ensuring Adams' victory.

Frederick H. Gillett received a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected speaker. An election for speaker took place on December 6, 1915, at the start of the 64th Congress following the 1914 elections in which Democrats won a majority of the seats. An election for speaker took place on April 7, 1913, at the start[c] of the 63rd Congress following the 1912 elections in which Democrats won a majority of the seats. An election for speaker took place on December 2, 1907, at the start of the 60th Congress following the 1906 elections in which Republicans won a majority of the seats.

Only four Republicans can break with the pack in order for a GOP speaker to be seated. When McCarthy was booted from the speaker’s office, he lost just eight Republicans of his 221-member conference. McCarthy had been House speaker since January, when he won the gavel after 15 rounds of balloting. He was ousted on October 3 after a small minority of his narrow majority – just eight Republicans – voted to remove him. In the 111th Congress, Speaker Pelosi led the House passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to rescue the nation from the depths of the financial crisis, helping create or save millions of American jobs. Her leadership in enshrining the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law helped restore the ability of women to fight pay discrimination in the courts and ensure they too could participate in the economic recovery.