The House Tried to Oust a Speaker Once Before McCarthy. Here’s What Happened

Kevin McCarthy, Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was kicked out of the job Tuesday in a historic vote after less than a year in the role. The vote reflected a rebellion of the far-right members of the California congressman’s party—led by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz—who objected to the way McCarthy worked with Democrats to make a deal that would avoid a government shutdown. The vote is “the only time in House history in which a sitting Speaker was removed from office by a floor vote,” Jeffrey A....