In his first action as Acting Speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) assumed the role of Acting Speaker following McCarthy’s removal from office.
McCarthy had previously selected McHenry as Speaker Pro Tempore earlier this year, granting him full House Speaker powers.
Politico reported:
As one of his first acts as the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday, according to an email sent to her office viewed by POLITICO.
“Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” wrote a top aide on the Republican-controlled House Administration Committee. The room was being reassigned by the acting speaker “for speaker office use,” the email said.
McHenry, a close McCarthy ally, was first on his list to become acting speaker after the Californian was booted in a Tuesday afternoon vote.
Only a select few House lawmakers get hideaway offices in the Capitol, compared to their commonplace presence in the Senate.
Here’s an image from outside the office at around 8 p.m., per Politico:
