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Kevin McCarthy first House Speaker ever to be ousted

Next steps are uncertain, but there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., arrives for a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on the morning after he filed a motion to strip Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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Night falls on the dome of the Capitol, hours after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Washington.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters after he was voted out of the job of Speaker of the House by a contingent of hard-right conservatives in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Capitol in Washington.

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