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In a high-profile speech at the New York Stock Exchange, McCarthy, the Republican leader who is marking his 100th day as speaker, said the nation’s debt load is a “ticking time bomb” and ...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to a reporter on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party , he was the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district from 2007 until his resignation in 2023.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Cal., lost five more votes for House speaker on Thursday afternoon as the embarrassment for him and the Republican Party continued. McCarthy had lost a trio of votes on ...
Removal of Kevin McCarthy. On October 3, 2023, the United States House of Representatives voted to remove its speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, through a motion to vacate [a] filed by Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, a fellow member of the Republican Party. McCarthy's removal marked the first time in American history that a speaker of ...
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R ... In a Monday interview on Fox News, McCarthy said Harris was the ... to the audience for Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech.
McCarthy ultimately prevailed when the remaining six anti-McCarthy holdouts voted "present" on the 15th ballot, ending the longest multiple-ballot speaker election since before the Civil War. [70] [71] [72] He was removed from office less than ten months later, the first time in American History the House voted to remove its incumbent speaker. [73]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy went on for almost three hours ahead of the House vote on the Democrats' social spending plan, the Build Back Better Act.