![]() ![]() ![]() An email sent from McHenry’s office to Pelosi’s office just after 6 p.m. She does maintain her regular office in the Longworth House office building. Pelosi on Tuesday said McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building. ![]() Who is Patrick McHenry, the interim House speaker? (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images McCarthy sparked fury among the ultra-conservative wing of the party when he passed a bipartisan stopgap funding measure backed by the White House to avert a government shutdown on September 30, 2023. McCarthy was fighting for his political life ahead of a vote expected Tuesday on whether to remove him as House speaker, forced by far-right critics angered by his work with Democrats. US Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) speaks to members of the media outside the office of US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2023. “I don’t know what they’re complaining about,” Graves said. Graves then put the blame on Democrats for voting McCarthy out of office. McCarthy and McHenry’s did not respond to requests for comment. The unofficial offices are located near the House floor. Sources close to Pelosi and Hoyer say it was retaliation for Democrats siding against McCarthy in voting to vacate the speaker’s chair Tuesday. Speaker Pelosi and other Democrats determined that they wanted a new … speaker, and it’s Kevin McCarthy. “Look the deal is that the office that Pelosi is in right now is the office of the preceding speaker. Garret Graves told reporters on Wednesday that McCarthy is getting the office that McHenry has ordered her to vacate. Kevin McCarthy was behind interim Speaker Patrick McHenry’s move to kick former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer out of their office spaces, two Republican sources told CNN. ![]()
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