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

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-attempt-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy-10-1-2023-patrick-mchenry-is-now-speaker-pro-tempore-2023-10-03/990958/583 "2023-10-12T02:09:13Z")

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Quoting myself for context …

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> > [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> > Gonna need a bigger subject line, the way things are going…
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> Excellent point. Bravo.
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> I started this thread as an offshoot of the Impending Shutdown thread.
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> I suppose we could close this chapter right now as part 1 and open a new one with a title like
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> > The Great Ongoing Revolving Speakership of the 118th Congress
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> Which is probably more like what we’re going to experience over the next 15 months.
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> I’m semi-kidding, but mostly not. I’ll bug a mod for their thoughts.

After consultation w the mods, we now have a new thread for the saga of the next real Speaker. Behold:

> [@The Great Ongoing Revolving Speakership of the 118th Congress {Mike Johnson is new speaker as of 2023-10-25}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress/991432):
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> Continuing the discussion from [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-attempt-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy-10-1-2023-patrick-mchenry-is-now-speaker-pro-tempore-2023-10-03/990958](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-attempt-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy-10-1-2023-patrick-mchenry-is-now-speaker-pro-tempore-2023-10-03/990958) Hi folks - After consulting with the Mods the consensus is to retire the “McCarthy’s ouster” thread I started ten whole days ago. My, what an eternity in politics. Is it a coincidence that this is exactly one Scaramucci? I think not. That thread, along with McCarthy himself, is over. We can pick up here with I…

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