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Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., watches before announcing that Republicans failed on a second ballot to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Veteran GOP committee Chairman McHenry heads for House exit

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., gavels the House into recess after Republicans failed on a second ballot to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

North Carolina Rep. McHenry, who led House through speaker stalemate, won’t seek reelection in 2024

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore, speaks with reporters as he departs after a Republican caucus meeting in which they dropped Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as their nominee for speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump lost a third ballot of the whole House today. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McHenry calls last three weeks ‘dumbest set of politics’ ever by a majority party

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves a meeting where House Republicans voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La., to be the next Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gaetz opposes ‘speaker light’ amid talk of granting McHenry legislative power

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sits with Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, and former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., back row left, as the House convenes for a second day of balloting to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, confers with Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives, as the House convenes for a second day of balloting to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jordan loses second ballot for speaker, lawmakers mull bipartisan deal to elevate Patrick McHenry

By Susan Ferrechio and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., listens as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Frustrated House lawmakers could elect a temporary speaker Wednesday

By Susan Ferrechio and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., gavels the House into recess as he announces there was no winner for House speaker in the first ballot, as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Speaker McHenry? Desperate lawmakers weigh giving GOP backbencher power to run the House

By Susan Ferrechio, Alex Miller and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - The speaker's dais is seen in the House of Representatives of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this week, House GOP leaders are now grappling to find a new speaker. With no speaker of the House, a constitutional officer second in line to the presidency, the Congress cannot fully function — to pass laws, fund the government and otherwise serve as the branch of government closest to the people — during a time of simmering uncertainty at home and abroad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans are mired in chaos after ousting McCarthy and rejecting Scalise. What’s next?

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore, leaves the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls Congress

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Aides bring in food for a House Republican closed-door caucus to decide who to nominate for speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Scalise is the GOP’s pick to be the House speaker but he faces an uncertain path. What happens next?

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at the House chamber where members approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi decries eviction from Capitol office amid McCarthy fallout: ‘Sharp departure from tradition’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Ranking Member Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., left, and Chairwoman Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speak together before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Facebook's impact on the financial services and housing sectors. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House panel makes bipartisan move to hold series of hearings on bank failures

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Maxine Waters’ handling of Finance Committee ‘a travesty,’ says ranking Rep. Patrick McHenry

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Data firm involved in Trump campaign had N Carolina clients

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Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obamacare repeal fate rests in hands of North Carolinians

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Scalise appoints North Carolina Rep. McHenry as chief deputy whip

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times