The former speaker of the House who was ousted this week is Kevin McCarthy. He was removed from his position as House speaker in a historic vote of 216 to 210. This move comes after he reached an 11th-hour deal with Democrats to pass a temporary funding extension that headed off a partial government shutdown, which angered some far-right Republicans. McCarthy is the first sitting House speaker in U.S. history to be ousted through a vote of the full House in the middle of a congressional term. After the speaker pro tempore takes over, the next order of business would be to choose a speaker.