- Just hours after taking over as interim Speaker, Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry instructed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to leave her Capitol hideaway office so he could take it over.
- Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was removed from the position by a vote, making McHenry the interim Speaker. This was the first time a Speaker had been removed from office.
- The McHenry office asked Pelosi to leave her secret office in the Capitol by Wednesday because it was being repurposed “for speaker office use.
- Senior Representatives who have “hideaway offices” inside the Capitol Building are few and far between.
- In a statement late on Tuesday, Pelosi criticized the proposal, saying that it broke with convention and that she had given previous Speaker Hastert a far bigger suite of offices to use for as long as he desired.
- She urged McHenry and House Republicans to put more of their attention on legislation and what the American people value most.
- Pelosi did not cast a vote on the motion to vacate on Tuesday because she was in California preparing for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) memorial ceremonies later this week.
Source:
The Hill