by Julia Shapero at The Hill
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is serving as acting Speaker of the House, after a small group of Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a historic first for the chamber.
McHenry was declared Speaker pro tempore following the 216-210 vote to remove McCarthy on Tuesday evening.
After Republicans retook the House in the 2022 midterm elections, McHenry was elevated to chairman of the committee.
He has acted as a key ally throughout McCarthy’s brief tenure as Speaker, serving as a top negotiator amid the debt ceiling crisis earlier this year and voting in support of the last-minute stopgap funding bill that McCarthy put forward on Saturday to avert a government shutdown.
McHenry defended McCarthy’s role as Speaker on Tuesday evening,..
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