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McCarthy headed the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 1953 and 1954, and during that time, used it for a number of his communist-hunting investigations. McCarthy first examined allegations of communist influence in the Voice of America, and then turned to the overseas library program of the State Department.
This and the broadcast of McCarthy tactics turned the public against him and support for him plummeted. McCarthy was further undermined by a critical television editorial by journalist Edward R. Murrow. The Senate voted (67 to 22) in December 1954 to censure McCarthy for conduct unbecoming. [3] [4]
Less than a week after McCarthy's ouster, Israel — one of the United States' closest allies — was attacked by the militant group Hamas, which began the 2023 Israel-Hamas War. McCarthy's ouster and the subsequent leadership debacle have been cited as the main reasons behind a failure for an aid package to be passed in support of Israel. [42]
California Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the first House speaker to be removed from post. What the history of the motion to vacate portends for the GOP without him, per historian Thomas Balcerski.
The House on Tuesday voted to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker, a never-before-seen historic vote that leaves the lower chamber of Congress in chaos. The mutiny, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz ...
Rep. Matt Gaetz, a member of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership role. Rep. Dan Bishop could help.
Welch's TV performance turned the tide of public and press opinion against McCarthy overnight. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In July, a Republican senator introduced a motion, which passed later that year, censuring McCarthy for acts that "tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute, to obstruct the constitutional processes of the Senate, and to ...
After Saturday's shocking vote, the speaker all but taunted his critics to come after his gavel if they wanted to.