The order to vacate came two hours after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker.
Share on linkedin Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaking in Congress in January 2023. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesInterim House Speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry on Tuesday ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer to vacate their private offices.
Democrats have offered to do so by asking moderate Republicans to help create "a bipartisan governing coalition" that would in part change the chamber's rules to "undermine the ability of extremists to hold Congress hostage," he wrote. "In short, the rules of the House should reflect the inescapable reality that Republicans are reliant on Democratic support to do the basic work of governing. A small band of extremists should not be capable of obstructing that cooperation."Pelosi said the order to vacate was a "sharp departure from tradition," noting that she gave former Speaker Dennis Hastert office spaces "for as long as he wished.
Pelosi was given until the next day to leave the office, but she was in San Francisco at the time for memorial services following the death of, an ally of both McCarthy and McHenry, claimed earlier this week that offices are for the "preceding speaker" and would be offered to McCarthyearlier this week that McCarthy was behind the decision, and sources close to Pelosi and Hoyer said the order to vacate was retaliation for Democrats siding against him.
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