McCarthy Ends Third-Shortest Tenure as Speaker After Ouster
- California Republican’s time at the top lasted only 269 days
- Rebels voted to remove McCarthy over government funding
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Kevin McCarthy became the shortest-tenured US House speaker in 147 years on Tuesday, ousted by Republican hardliners who toppled him with a rarely used maneuver that had never before succeeded.
The now-former speaker lost his gavel on a vote of 216 to 210, with 208 Democrats joining the eight Republicans who broke ranks. His speakership lasted only 269 days, the third-shortest in history.