Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has filed a resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has followed through on his renewed threat to introduce a motion to vacate against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Gaetz's move will force the House to take a vote on whether to keep McCarthy as speaker within two legislative days. There are a number of members undecided on how they would vote on such a measure, but it's likely McCarthy will need at least some Democrat votes to keep his job, according to FOX News.
"It is becoming increasingly clear who the speaker of the House already works for and it’s not the Republican Conference," Gaetz said in his speech, hours before he filed the resolution. A motion to vacate is a rare and strong procedural tool that has only been used twice in the past century against Republican speakers. But in recent years, conservatives have wielded the motion as a weapon against their leaders.
FILE - U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaks during a weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol July 01, 2021 in Washington, DC.That decision has set McCarthy up for the ultimate test of his leadership as he will now have to rely on Democrats to withhold their support for any effort to force his removal.
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