House of Representatives votes on maintaining McCarthy as Speaker

Congress Congressman DC District of Columbia FL Florida Freedom Caucus Gaetz House House Speaker House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy Matt Gaetz Motion to Vacate Rep. Representative Representatives Republican Republican Party Republicans Speaker of the House US USA United States United States Capitol Washington down elected official faction funding government hard-right home inner inside interior internal leader leadership referendum representative rift shut shutdown speaker vote Capitol Police House Speaker Kevin McCarthy R-CA vote House of Representatives remove position Rep. Matt Gaetz R-FL motion mainstream Republicans Democrats continuing resolution fund government 45 days averting shutdown October 1 Allison Bailey NurPhoto office guard political motion government funding political parties vote introduction temporary funding shutdown prevention legislative process political conflict congressional vote bipartisan cooperation