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Who is Patrick McHenry, the interim House speaker? (www.cnn.com)

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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.

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[-] joeyv120@ttrpg.network 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As speaker pro tempore, the Republican can only recess the House, adjourn the chamber and recognize speaker nominations.

… and evict Nancy Pelosi apparently.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

We know what he is, a total a-hole.

Why are republican always such sociopaths?

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

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.

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