Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) congressional resignation became official Sunday, on the last day of 2023, leaving the House Republicans with and even more difficult razor-thin majority to traverse in 2024.
In early December, McCarthy announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he would be leaving Congress later in the month, opting not to finish out his term as a rank and file member of the House.
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“It is in this spirit that I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started,” he wrote at the time.
The move was not unexpected as the California Republican had held off on revealing his future plans after being unceremoniously ousted from his speaker position by eight renegade Republican members….
