Once a secret, the temporary House speaker is Rep. Patrick McHenry [View all]

Source: Business Insider

Kevin McCarthy was ousted from power on Tuesday evening, leading to Rep. Patrick McHenry being named the temporary leader of a chamber thrown into chaos.

Under House rules, McCarthy was required to provide the House clerk in January a then-secret list of members that temporarily serve as Speaker of the House if the office became vacant. McHenry, a nine-term North Carolina Republican, was revealed to be the first name on McCarthy's list.

McHenry, who leads the House Financial Services Committee, now has the power of the speakership that is needed to lead the chamber through the days ahead.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/who-leads-the-house-mccarthy-ousted-speaker-pro-tempore-2023-10

Outgoing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (left) speaks to House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC).

The bow-tied McHenry, a hard-right loyalist of the just-ousted McCarthy, was named temporary leader of a chamber thrown into chaos.