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December 7, 2023

Kevin McCarthy Announces Retirement 2 Months After Ouster as House Speaker
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Former Republican House Speaker Kevin Mc Carthy said Wednesday he will
resign from Congress at the end of the year. Mc Carthy's planned
departure comes two months after he became the first House speaker in
U.S. history to be removed by members of their own party. Under
California law, a special election must be held in about four months'
time to decide who will represent Mc Carthy's district in California's
Central Valley. His departure further shrinks Republicans' slim majority
in the House, after lawmakers voted last week to expel New York
congressmember and serial fabulist George Santos.


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