WASHINGTON — For the first time in American history, members of Congress have voted to oust the speaker in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. Kevin McCarthy was removed from the powerful position just nine months after he secured the gavel following days of negotiating with the GOP’s right flank and 15 rounds of voting. The voting was successful after Democrats sided with dissident Republicans in an extraordinary house vote. It wasn’t immediately clear after the vote how the House would proceed in the coming days, having entered murky territory as No speaker has ever before been removed by the … Continue reading Kevin McCarthy becomes the first house speaker in US history to be ousted.