Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., was named as speaker pro tempore, an interim role to lead the chamber until another speaker is elected at a future point.
He recessed the House for caucus meetings.In addition to Gaetz, who introduced the motion to vacate, the following Republicans voted to oust McCarthy: Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eli Crane of Arizona, Bob Good of Virginia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Matt Rosendale of Arizona.This is a developing story. Please come back for more updates.
Eleven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting it down -- setting up a key vote on the motion to vacate. "I am going to bring up the motion to vacate today during the first series and move through this," McCarthy told reporters after meeting behind closed doors with the Republican conference. Gaetz, a Republican hard-liner, has criticized how McCarthy handled spending and budget fights, especially the short-term funding deal reached over the weekend to avert a government shutdown.
"At the end of the day, if you throw a speaker out that has 99% of their conference that kept government open and paid the troops, I think we're in a really bad place for how we're going to run Congress," McCarthy told reporters. Jeffries told reporters as he left the meeting: "House Democrats are going to continue to put people over politics and to fight to make life better for everyday Americans ... We encourage our Republican colleagues who claim to be more traditional to break from the extremists, end the chaos, end the dysfunction, end the extremism."
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