House Freedom Caucus members are asking Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to back an effort to remove Nancy Pelosi as House speaker, but McCarthy said Wednesday he does not support it.
as the speaker of the chamber, an unrealistic long-shot effort happening less than seven weeks before Election Day.
MODERATE DEMOCRATS PRESSURE PELOSI, HOUSE LEADERSHIP TO MOVE ON NEW CORONAVIRUS BILL: 'STOP THE STUPIDITY' House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., however, prodded Republican leadership to engage with the long-shot effort to remove Pelosi in a Wednesday night tweet."Isn’t it past time for Rep. Nancy Pelosi to leave her office as Speaker of the House?" he said. "I call upon our leaders in Congress to put forward the Motion to Vacate the Chair that has been prepared and merely needs to be brought to the floor.
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