Just when things seemed at a reasonable balance, a political tenure was cut short. For the first time ever in the congressional history of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out of his role as speaker - 216 to 210. All House Democrats with 8 GOP members [Reps. Andy Biggs Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eli Crane of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and Matt Rosendale of Montana] voted to boot McCarthy, while the rest of the 210 Republicans wanted him to stay.
As of this writing, the two candidates that seem to be in the race for the House’s high office are representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Scalise (R-LA). In the meantime, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is serving as Speaker Pro-Tempore until the House reconvenes next week. No legislative business via voting is scheduled this week due to the fact that the race for speaker comes first.
Both parties will have a week to meet and discuss their plans for who they want to nominate for speaker. Democrats are likely to keep in lockstep with their minority leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Republicans are set to meet in conference on Oct 10th to hold a candidate forum, with the following day, Oct 11th, to be the official start to electing a new speaker on the House floor.
Due to the historical significance of the latest events, I will be crafting another deep dive, which will talk about the motion to vacate, along with the details of the upcoming speakership vote.
I’m thinking of possibly releasing the future piece in late-Fall by splitting it up into two parts, yet various concepts and plans for writing the piece, in general, are subject to change.
I’ve been collecting a lot of sources and other materials that are of interest, and quite frankly, it’s only time itself that’s going to be useful in this situation.
Can’t wait to see where this goes.
Best,
Craig
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