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Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party , he was the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district from 2007 until his resignation in 2023.
Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) [1] was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
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] Some McCarthy supporters attempted to use the crisis to reinstall McCarthy as speaker, but these efforts failed. [43] Gaetz said that he did not intend to run for speakership ...
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) December 6, 2023 The 58-year-old lasted only nine months as speaker after having struck a deal with far-right members of his party who initially refused to ...
WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who this fall became the first speaker to be ousted from power in the middle of a congressional term, said Wednesday he will resign from office at the end of ...
Kevin McCarthy ascends a staircase in the Capitol (Drew Angerer / Getty Images file) In 1910, Speaker Joseph Cannon, R-Ill., offered a motion to oust himself to put his detractors on the record.
On September 17, 2020, McCarthy voted against House Resolution 908 to condemn racism against Asian-Americans related to the COVID-19 pandemic.He said the resolution was "a waste of time", and "At the heart of this resolution is the absurd notion that referring to the virus as a Wuhan virus or the China virus is the same as contributing to violence against Asian Americans."
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters after he was voted out of the job of Speaker of the House by a contingent of hard-right conservatives in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U ...