The vote was instigated by a group of hard-liners from his own Republican Party.
The effort to oust the speaker, led by Representative Matt Gaetz, was incited by McCarthy's reliance last weekend on Democrats to pass a temporary spending bill to keep the government open until mid-November.
There is no clear replacement for McCarthy, and the vacancy essentially paralyzes the House until one is chosen, according to multiple procedural experts.
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