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
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
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The Freedom Caucus, also known as the House Freedom Caucus, is a congressional caucus of conservative members of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives. It is generally con
Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House
…following an eight-day recess. In the 118th Congress, the 2022 elections formed a narrow majority for Republicans in the House of Representatives. The Freedom Caucus, the most conservative congressional caucus of Republican representatives, secured a minority of these seats. During the speakership election for the…
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Jim Jordan official photo, 114th Congress
Mark Meadows, Official Portrait, 113th Congress