By Shira Stein, Joe Garofoli : sfchronicle – excerpt

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will retire from Congress at the end of the year, just weeks after he was ousted from the position, he said Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

McCarthy gained the speakership after 15 votes in January, the most required for any speaker to be elected. He was then removed from his position Oct. 3 in a vote supported by all House Democrats and eight right-wing members of his own party, the first time a speaker had ever been removed in history…

His departure, along with that of Ohio Rep. Bill Johnson and the removal of George Santos, will leave House Republicans with only a one-seat majority. That will make it even more difficult to permanently fund the government in January with upcoming deadlines…(more)