Members tried to throw out their speaker, and it didnt work then. 113 years later for the very first time members tried to throw out their speaker, but this time, this time, anderson and kaitlan, they succeeded. Yeah. And jake and anderson, of course Kevin Mccarthy only serving for 269 days. His speakership undone by eight Rebel Republicans led by congressman matt gaetz of florida. Using that rule to force him out that mccarthy himself agreed to, of course, as a condition to get the job as House Speaker. Now a vote, at least an election is expected next week, a week from now, a week from tomorrow night. The jockeying for the position, though, is already under way tonight and cnns Melanie Zanona is covering it all at the capitol. Melanie, whats the latest we just heard from Kevin Mccarthy saying hes not going to try to run for speaker again . Who is going to enter this race . Reporter kaitlan, that is the question right now, and weve heard from a number of republicans who say there are
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes once again during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie fhang in for ari begins right now. Thanks for everything youve done to get us started. I appreciate it. Have a great show. And welcome all of you to the beat. Were tracking that extraordinary Breaking News late today. Republican Kevin Mccarthy becoming the first House Speaker in United States history to be expelled from the job. A Renegade Band of several maga lawmakers leading the charge to push him out. The final vote 216210, given the republicans very slim majority in the house, mccarthy could only afford to lose a handful of gop votes. In the end he lost eight republicans. That number combined with democrats voting against him was enough to oust him. Heres the moment the vote was officially tallied. The first time weve seen a moment like this in the house of representatives 234 years. The yeas are 216, the nays are 210. The resolution is adopted.
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I that speaker may not be house to save Kevin Mccarthy, where are you on . This you know, i want to hear a thoughtful discussion, and i dont think democrats have settled on what they are going to do, if its, Speaker Pelosi has said its really up to hakeem to choose the direction in which to go. Quite frankly, i am someone who i am sick and tired of that motion to vacate always being there. It has caused the chaos that caused got us where we are today. It really would have, been if this was closed on Speaker Mccarthys shoulders. Because the small group of dissidents is controlling the house, in two many different pieces of legislation. And for those that like history, im going to tell you to go this weekend while you are watching the continuing trauma. Because remember, only half of the congress has voted. We still so, read the history of speaker cannon, of about 100 years ago, who, it was different drama. But the same kind of drama, many perceived him as weak. But, people were threaten
Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredericka witfield. Right now were watching on capitol hill lawmakers on the house floor with a potential Government Shutdown less than 12 hours away. Theyre now trying to discern whether a proposed lastditch effort measure to keep the Government Funding will be something theyll be voting on momentarily. Right now were looking at pictures of House Members voting on trying to get extra time to look at this latest measure before it goes to vote. House speaker Kevin Mccarthys latest plan is a 45day Spending Bill that would allow the government to continue working for at least 45 days while they try to work things out. Lauren fox is joining us from capitol hill. Priscilla alva rez is tracking potential responses from the white house. Lauren, democrats say they need more time before making any decisions on this plan . Reporter yeah. What youre seeing play out on the floor is a delay tactic by House Democrats. They a