On Tuesday morning, McCarthy, a Republican from California, asked Congress to vote on a motion to vacate him as House speaker.
One of the concessions involved McCarthy agreeing to allow a single member of the House to file the motion that could remove him at any time if enough votes were cast.
Gaetz previously threatened McCarthy while urging the speaker to take a stronger stance against certain issues, such as in negotiations to prevent a government shutdown and impeaching President Joe Biden.
However, the seven Republicans who joined Gaetz on Tuesday afternoon to remove McCarthy were: Ken Buck, Andy Biggs, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Bob Good, Nancy Mace and Matt Rosendale.
Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina will be speaker pro temp until a new one is elected.
McCarthy was confident ahead of the vote but said that he refused to work with his Democrat colleagues to save his job.
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On Tuesday morning, McCarthy, a Republican from California, asked Congress to vote on a motion to vacate him as House speaker.
One of the concessions involved McCarthy agreeing to allow a single member of the House to file the motion that could remove him at any time if enough votes were cast.
Gaetz previously threatened McCarthy while urging the speaker to take a stronger stance against certain issues, such as in negotiations to prevent a government shutdown and impeaching President Joe Biden.
However, the seven Republicans who joined Gaetz on Tuesday afternoon to remove McCarthy were: Ken Buck, Andy Biggs, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Bob Good, Nancy Mace and Matt Rosendale.
Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina will be speaker pro temp until a new one is elected.
McCarthy was confident ahead of the vote but said that he refused to work with his Democrat colleagues to save his job.
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