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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.
Representative Matt Gaetz led resistance to Kevin McCarthy and successfully filed a motion to recall him. The 2022 midterm elections resulted in a narrow, 2-seat Senate majority for the Democratic Party and a narrow, 4-seat House of Representatives majority for the Republican Party .
On September 17, 2020, McCarthy voted against House Resolution 908 to condemn racism against Asian-Americans related to the COVID-19 pandemic.He said the resolution was "a waste of time", and "At the heart of this resolution is the absurd notion that referring to the virus as a Wuhan virus or the China virus is the same as contributing to violence against Asian Americans."
WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who this fall became the first speaker to be ousted from power in the middle of a congressional term, said Wednesday he will resign from office at the end of ...
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) December 6, 2023 The 58-year-old lasted only nine months as speaker after having struck a deal with far-right members of his party who initially refused to ...
Just two months after he was ousted as speaker of the House of Representatives on Oct. 3, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has announced his resignation from Congress, effective at the end of this ...
Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) [1] was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
However, McCarthy's first pursuit of the House speakership had been the October 2015 speaker election, which was held after John Boehner resigned under pressure from conservative hardliners and the Freedom Caucus, [10] [44] Kevin McCarthy sought the Republican nomination and was initially judged as the party's preferred candidate. [45]