It's official: Kevin McCarthy's speaker of the House sign goes up
Workers nailed a sign that read"Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy" above the office after he overcame a historic stalemate of conservative holdouts challenging the California Republican's House leadership in the 118th Congress. The sign is now up over the speaker’s office.— Jay O'Brien January 7, 2023 McCarthy staffers posted pictures of the sign's important presence atop the entrance to the speaker's office.
— John R Parkinson January 7, 2023 The space where the new sign was laid early Saturday morning had been bare since late December when former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's sign came down after the final vote of the 117th Congress. Come the 118th Congress in January, the “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi” sign over the door will come down for the 3rd and final time. pic.twitter.com/NZlmAz05fUOn Monday, McCarthy had already started to move into the House speaker's office before the important leadership vote, the Daily Mail reported.
NBC News reporter Haley Talbot posted a video on Monday of blue bins from McCarthy's office being moved into the speaker's office.
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