{"id":119708,"date":"2023-10-03T23:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T23:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=119708"},"modified":"2023-10-03T23:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T23:30:28","slug":"how-colorados-members-of-congress-voted-on-ouster-of-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/how-colorados-members-of-congress-voted-on-ouster-of-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Colorados members of Congress voted on ouster of McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck joined all of Colorado’s Democratic U.S. House members in voting Tuesday for the successful ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy — a first in congressional history.<\/p>\n

The Republican from California lost a 216-210 vote to vacate the speaker’s chair, with eight hard-right Republicans, including Buck, joining 208 Democrats. The vote was prompted by discord within the Republican caucus that reached a climax over the weekend over McCarthy’s decision to work with Democrats to keep the federal government open, averting a shutdown.<\/p>\n

Here is how Colorado’s House delegation voted Tuesday afternoon on the motion to oust McCarthy:<\/p>\n