Congress

Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership Is on Life Support

KEVIN'S GATE

Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to kill the motion to remove him as speaker. He failed. Now, the actual vote to take his gavel is coming up Wednesday.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters after a House Republican conference meeting
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

For the first time in modern U.S. history, a sitting Speaker of the House is set to be forcibly removed after a revolt from his own members.

On Tuesday, Speaker

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