house ousts Kevin McCarthy, he will not be able to run again source says
Kevin McCarthy will not run for speaker again after the House ousted him from the top leadership post in a historic vote on Tuesday. The tally was 216 to 210 with eight Republicans siding with Democrats to remove him from the speaker ship. The House will now need to elect a new speaker
Ultimately, McCarthy helped broker a deal that averted a devastating federal default. But, Gaetz saw McCarthy's willingness to work with Democrats – a needed practice to govern within a bipartisan system – as a violation of their agreement for him to become speaker. And then came the events of this week.
