House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Rep. Matt Gaetz's motion to remove him as speaker will be taken up by the House Tuesday afternoon.
"declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant" on the House floor Monday night.
McCarthy may first move to table Gaetz's resolution, known as a motion to vacate the chair, in an effort to kill it. However, GOP Rep. Brian Mast, of Florida, said he thinks there will be a direct vote on the motion around 2 p.m. Gaetz's campaign to remove McCarthy comes after he relied on the votes of House Democrats on Saturday to for 45 days to avoid a shutdown. More Democrats than Republicans supported the measure.
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