Kevin McCarthy says ‘not resigning’ from Congress

Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON, 8th Oct. Former US House Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy on Saturday told reporters that “No, I am not resigning. We are going to keep the majority. I am going to help the people I got here, and we are going to expand it further.”

He became the first ever US House Speaker to be ousted from office in the middle of his term, Republican Kevin McCarthy has denied reports that he was resigning from Congress.

There were some media reports that Kevin was expected to step down at some point after the House Speaker’s election.

He told the reporters: “I look at it every time I have to decide whether I am going to run for reelection or not.”

Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved a motion to oust McCarthy in an unprecedented move, days after he relied on Democratic votes to pass a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a federal government shutdown.

The 216-210 vote came 9 months after McCarthy won the position in a dramatic 15-round floor fight, marking the first time in US history that a House Speaker had been ousted from office in a no-confidence vote in the middle of a term.

California Republican Kevin McCarthy had announced that he will not run for the post again.

“I will not run for speaker again. I’ll have the (Republican) conference pick somebody else,” quoted McCarthy in media.

He said “I don’t regret standing up for choosing governing over grievance. It is my responsibility. It is my job. I do not regret negotiating. Our government is designed to find compromise.”

Kevin McCarthy added “You know it was personal. It had nothing to do with spending.”

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Republican Representative Jim Jordan have both launched bids to be the next Speaker of the house.