He is the first leader of the House of Representatives to be impeached. The initiative comes from the hardest wing of the Republican Party itself, which controls the institution, accusing McCarthy of covertly aiding Democrats in their pact to prevent a government shutdown.
The House of Representatives from the United States (US) on Tuesday gave the ‘green light’ to a historic motion of censure against the republican Kevin McCarthywhat will be so the first chairman of the House of Representatives to be impeached. McCarthy had only been in office nine months.
The motion was approved by a vote of 216 in favor and 210 against, after Republican representative from Florida and Trump ally, Matt Gaetzadvanced the proposal, accusing McCarthy of acting covertly in the service of the Democratic Party because of his “in extremis” pact to prevent a government shutdown.
Eight Republicans – Andy Biggs, Ken Buck, Tim Burchett, Eli Crane, Matt Gaetz, Bob Good, Nancy Mace and Matt Rosendale – have joined the 208 Democrats who voted to impeach McCarthy. It will be Republican Patrick McHenry who will take over the leadership of the institution, but that will only last until the election of the new government. speakerfor what there are no candidates.
The House of Representatives will now have to choose a new candidate in a dispute between Democrats and Republicans that has already claimed its first victim after Congress passed a controversial bill to delay the budget paralysis for another 45 days.
The promoter of the censure motion, Florida Rep. Gaetz, has assured that Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise would be a “phenomenal” president, although Republican Tom Cole has claimed that “no one knows what he’s going to do ‘. happen,” according to CNN.
McCarthy’s presidency is over characterized by instability since its inception, since he was elected to the position in January this year after to 14 votes because of the refusal of this tough Republican bloc.
McCarthy criticizes colleagues who voted against him: ‘They are not conservatives’
McCarthy himself appeared at a press conference after his resignation and criticized the initiator of the censure motion. As he has charged, the dismissal “has nothing to do with expenses,” but rather It is ‘something personal’ and ‘it tries to attract attention’.
But he has also attacked the other seven Republicans who joined Gaetz in voting for his departure. “They voted against the largest budget cut that Congress has ever voted on in history. They voted against the labor requirements. They voted against border security. They are not conservatives and they have no right to have the title (of Republicans),” he has said.
Source: EITB
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