# The Impending Attempt to Oust Speaker McCarthy {10/1/2023}; Patrick McHenry is now Speaker Pro Tempore {2023-10-03}

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Didnt someone post a cite showing that the House rules- (which can be changed of course) require that the Speaker be a Member?

> **[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives)**
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> The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section II, of the U.S. Constitution.\[a\] By custom and House rules, the speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head. Speake...

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> The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been.

Which I guess doesn’t address “House rules”, but such isn’t mentioned in the wiki article.

There was a rather lengthy thread about electing Trump as Speaker not long ago, before McCarthy took the seat. I’d imagine this was all played out in that thread.

[Here it is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-speaker-of-the-house-need-not-even-win-an-election/947020)

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