Gaetz filed his long-threatened motion to vacate McCarthy's speakership on Monday.
Gaetz filed a motion to vacate the speakership on Monday. The Florida Republican had repeatedly threatened to do so in recent weeks over criticism of McCarthy's willingness to work withRepresentative Matt Gaetz and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy are pictured on the House floor in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2023. Gaetz on Monday filed a motion to oust McCarthy as speaker.
The motion to vacate requires only a simple majority vote to pass. For it to succeed, only five Republican lawmakers would need to support it due to the GOP's slim 221-212 House majority, assuming all Democrats opted to remove McCarthy.have already indicated that they support McCarthy, while the possibility remains that some Democrats could also choose to vote against the measure.
CNN reporter Melanie Zanona also said that Republicans were planning to"work with Dems to change the rules so that a single person can no longer call for such a vote" if Gaetz followed through with his
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