Removal caps tumultuous nine months as speaker defined by series of clashes with hard-right flank of his conference
After leading a successful effort to avoid a government shutdown over the weekend,has been removed from his role as US House speaker, ousted by hard-right members of his Republican party less than a year after his election.
now face the unenviable task of electing a leader who can win nearly unanimous support across a deeply divided conference. had previously been threatened with a motion to vacate but never had to endure a full effort to remove them. “The speaker fought through 15 votes in January to become speaker, but was only willing to fight through one failed [continuing resolution] before surrendering to the Democrats on Saturday,” Bob Good, a Republican congressman from Virginia, said in a floor speech on Tuesday. “We need a speaker who will fight for something, anything besides just staying or becoming speaker.”
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