Kevin McCarthy
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Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represente
Official portrait, 2023
McCarthy at a 2008 oversight hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power
Norman L. Eisen, Condoleezza Rice and McCarthy in Prague, Czech Republic, 2011
Official portrait, 2016
On October 3, 2023, the United States House of Representatives voted to remove its speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, through a motion to vacate filed by Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, a fe
Kevin McCarthy
…to vacate the speakership against McCarthy. Following a largely unprecedented House floor debate between members of the majority party, McCarthy was voted out as speaker on October 3, 2023. He was succeeded by Mike Johnson as speaker. His tenure was the third-shortest for a speaker of the House in United States history…
The House of Representatives votes to remove McCarthy.
Representative Matt Gaetz led resistance to Kevin McCarthy and successfully filed a motion to recall him.
Representative Tom Cole's motion to table the motion to vacate was unsuccessful.
Andy Biggs official portrait