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Oct 4, 2023 · McCarthy held a lengthy, wide-ranging news conference tonight after he announced he would not run for speaker again. ... The House voted 216-210 to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., with a ...
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Dec 6, 2023 · Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted speaker, announces he’s leaving Congress. WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who this fall became the first speaker to be ousted from power in the middle of a ...
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Washington — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is resigning from Congress at the end of the month, he announced Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation about his future after he was ousted from his leadership role in October.
"I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways," McCarthy wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. "I know my work is only getting started."
McCarthy's departure makes him the latest member to retire amid growing polarization that has made it difficult for Congress to operate. His decision comes a day after Rep. Patrick McHenry, who briefly served as temporary speaker following McCarthy's ouster, also announced he would leave Congress.
Without McCarthy, the Republicans' slim majority — already weakened after Rep. George Santos was expelled from Congress — will shrink yet again, with Republicans holding 220 seats to Democrats' 213. A special election has been set for Santos' seat for Feb. 13, with the district considered a toss-up by the Cook Political Report.
"Hopefully no one dies," Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said about the party's majority after McCarthy announced his retirement.
McCarthy represents California's 20th District in the central part of the state, stretching from the San Joaquin Valley and the southern tip of the Sierra Nevadas to the Mojave Desert. It's a reliably red district that includes his hometown of Bakersfield.
McCarthy, who was elected to Congress in 2006, held the top post for nine months before a deal he made to secure the speakership led to his downfall. His fight to win the gavel when Republicans took control of the House in January included 15 rounds of votes, and foreshadowed the limits of his power over a fractured party.
To win the support of far-right Republican holdouts, he agreed to a rule allowing a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker. That came back to haunt him when fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida introduced a resolution to do just that after McCarthy relied heavily on the votes of House Democrats to temporarily avert a government shutdown in September. Eight Republicans voted with all Democrats to remove McCarthy, making it the first time in U.S. history a House speaker was ousted by such a motion.
His successor, House Speaker Mike Johnson, has made similar decisions since taking over, including relying on Democrats to avert a shutdown in November, but has so far avoided McCarthy's fate.
"I wish him well," Gaetz said of McCarthy's retirement. When asked if he was responsible for driving McCarthy out, Gaetz said, "I didn't force him to resign. He made the decision."
McCarthy has not hidden his disdain for the Republicans who voted for his removal, telling CNN last month that Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina did not deserve to be reelected, and the Republican Party would benefit "tremendously" if Gaetz was not in Congress. He also questioned the motives of Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee.
"They care a lot about press, not about policy, and so they seem to just want the press and the personality," McCarthy told CNN.
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Dec 6, 2023 · Updated 4:03 PM PDT, December 6, 2023. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after his historic ouster as U.S. House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that he is resigning and will leave Congress by the end of the year. His announcement capped a stunning end to a House career for the onetime deli counter owner from Bakersfield ...
Oct 3, 2023 · Republican Kevin McCarthy accuses his political nemesis, Matt Gaetz, of attention-seeking. ... Punchbowl News reports that McCarthy won't attempt a comeback bid for Speaker. CNN just confirmed ...
