This is the first time in the history of the United States that the House of Representatives of Congress has dismissed the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Officially the third man of the United States of AmericaWhich means that if the positions of President and Vice President become vacant at the same time, the Speaker of the House of Representatives will assume the positions of Head of State.
McCarthy reported He will not run for office again. Republican representatives said They need a week to elect a new president. They will meet on Tuesday next week at the earliest and will vote on the nominee on Wednesday, October 11.
Even the election of Kevin McCarthy was not easy: it was not possible to vote until the fifteenth round. There are currently 221 Republican representatives in the House of Representatives, compared to 212 Democrats. During the voting rounds, the politician agreed to amend the statute of the Council, on the basis of which any member of Congress can request to replace the Speaker of the Council. This is finally Matt Gaetz A Republican representative did so on Tuesday.
Gaetz, who belongs to the more extreme wing of the Republican Party, objected to the fact that McCarthy and some more moderate Republicans reached an agreement with the Democratic Party last week on a temporary budget bill to avoid a government shutdown.
McCarthy’s replacement represents a victory for Trump’s Republicans.
Hakeem JeffriesThe leader of the Democratic bloc in the House of Representatives called on “traditional Republicans” to distance themselves from Trump extremists and become partners for the good of the country.
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