The congressman temporarily leading the House of Representatives as interim speaker is a top ally of Kevin McCarthy, who was just ousted from the speaker’s chair.
Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina on Tuesday became the speaker pro tempore and will preside over the vote and selection of the chamber’s next speaker after eight Republicans led by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz joined Democrats in voting to remove McCarthy from the position.
As speaker pro tempore, the Republican can only recess the House, adjourn the chamber and recognize speaker nominations.
McCarthy as speaker was required to submit a confidential list to the clerk of people “in the order in which each shall act as Speaker pro tempore in the case of a vacancy,” according to House rules. With McCarthy suddenly out of his leadership job, the number one name on that list – in this case, McHenry – became the interim speaker.
McHenry, a strong ally of McCarthy’s, played a key role in successfully negotiating the California Republican’s speakership in January by chipping away at some of the same hardline conservatives that opposed McCarthy’s leadership on Tuesday.
Under McCarthy, McHenry was also deployed as a top negotiator for House Republicans in securing an agreement with the White House to prevent the US from defaulting for the first time in history.
Born in Gastonia, North Carolina, McHenry received a bachelor’s degree in history from Belmont Abbey College and started his career in politics in 1998 after launching a failed bid for the North Carolina state House of Representatives.
Following his work on George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign, he was appointed special assistant to the labor secretary in 2001, according to his congressional bio. McHenry was elected to the state House in 2002. In 2004, at age 29, he was elected to Congress, becoming one of the youngest lawmakers at that time. He won his 10th term last November.
He serves as chair of the House Financial Services Committee, where he has long been a member and held leadership roles, including as chairman of the oversight and investigations subcommittee.
As speaker pro tempore, the Republican can only recess the House, adjourn the chamber and recognize speaker nominations.
… and evict Nancy Pelosi apparently.
We know what he is, a total a-hole.
Why are republican always such sociopaths?
I posted that exact same article on the news community and my first thought was who is this jerk, which is why I posted this, and now we’ve come full circle. It’s a beautiful thing.
I truly don’t understand that little stunt.
Ignoring the fact that trying to “evict” Pelosi was the first thing he did, doing it at all is the height of hubris and arrogance.
Second, where the hell does he get off doing that? Reassigning offices isn’t one of the powers of the speaker pro tempore. Pelosi should tell him to go fuck himself with a bag of hammers.
It’s pure unadulterated pettiness. Pelosi was an outstanding House Speaker and none of their ilk could ever come close.
A cunt? No wait, that can’t be, those are nice and soft and warm and pleasurable.
We really need a entirely new gamut of derogatory words. This guy’s a real santorum.
He’s a cloaca.
I really love that. Honest and true
And gender neutral. It really checks off a lot of boxes. Cloaca is my new go to.
He looks like the love child of Anderson Cooper and John Oliver…
And Ben Stein, somewhere in that mix
I don’t need to read a damn word of this article to know he’s a outright asshole.
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From NC is all I needed to read to know he doesn’t give a damn about the constitution…
NC? THE SAME STATE THE JUST TRIED TO IMPLEMENT A SECRET POLICE? ONE THAT INFRINGES ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, NC?
oh yeah, this will be great… fucking gop fascists
Tried? It passed as part of the biennium budget, didn’t it?
Oh I didn’t hear it had passed… that is majorly depressing…
As a state employee, it is pretty frightening.
Who is he? He’s the next to be martyred in the vain attempt to save the Republican House. This is his 15 minutes. This is his peak.
There’s just no way of knowing that for sure right now. I’m willing to bet someone thought Lindsay Graham’s peak was when he presented Clinton’s impeachment to the Senate but look at the mess he’s made. I hope you’re right but only time will tell. LLAP
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina on Tuesday became the speaker pro tempore and will preside over the vote and selection of the chamber’s next speaker after eight Republicans led by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz joined Democrats in voting to remove McCarthy from the position.
With McCarthy suddenly out of his leadership job, the number one name on that list – in this case, McHenry – became the interim speaker.
McHenry, a strong ally of McCarthy’s, played a key role in successfully negotiating the California Republican’s speakership in January by chipping away at some of the same hardline conservatives that opposed McCarthy’s leadership on Tuesday.
Born in Gastonia, North Carolina, McHenry received a bachelor’s degree in history from Belmont Abbey College and started his career in politics in 1998 after launching a failed bid for the North Carolina state House of Representatives.
Following his work on George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign, he was appointed special assistant to the labor secretary in 2001, according to his congressional bio.
He serves as chair of the House Financial Services Committee, where he has long been a member and held leadership roles, including as chairman of the oversight and investigations subcommittee.
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