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McCarthy has been ousted as US House speaker. What happens next?

McCarthy has been ousted as US House speaker. What happens next?

Politics Weekly America vor 2 Jahren

The Washington bureau chief for Guardian US, David Smith, joins Jonathan Freedland to discuss the fallout from this unprecedented event, and the various possibilities for McCarthy’s replacement

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On Tuesday night Kevin McCarthy became the first speaker of the US
House of Representatives to be removed from his job. Eight House
Republicans joined every Democrat in the chamber to wrest the
speaker’s gavel from McCarthy’s hand. For now, McCarthy’s fellow
Republican Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is the acting speaker,
but the House will most likely vote next week on who will take over
permanently. The Guardian US Washington bureau chief, David Smith,
joins Jonathan Freedland to discuss the fallout from this
unprecedented event, and the various possibilities for McCarthy’s
replacement