10-03-2023, 07:18 PM
(10-03-2023, 07:04 PM)GMDino Wrote: I caught in passing they are in recess and will name a temporary speaker until they have a vote. I don't know who gets to name them or if is some established way of doing.
Rep Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is the temporary Speaker. He is 2nd in line in Republican House Leadership as Chief Whip.
Apparently a post-9/11 House rule requires the Speaker to provide a private list of who is to succeed him to the House Clerk. McHenry must have been at the top. He is a known ally of McCarthy's
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