LIVE VIDEO: House Votes On Motion To Oust McCarthy

NBC News reports:

At 1:30 p.m. ET the House will vote on to advance an unrelated measure (funding for energy and water programs). This will be billed as a 15-minute vote but, like many House votes, it could take 30 or more minutes — especially if they hold it open for McCarthy and his allies to talk to members.

Then, McCarthy’s allies will bring up a “motion to table” — that is to set aside Gaetz’s motion to remove McCarthy. If they are able to get a majority to support the motion to table, then this is over for today and McCarthy keeps his job for now. (Gaetz, however, has suggested he’ll make more motions to overthrow in the future.)

But if that motion to table fails, the House will vote on Gaetz’s actual motion to remove McCarthy (called a “motion to vacate”), with a bit of time to debate it. A majority vote would then overthrow McCarthy as speaker.

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