Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., announcedTuesday that he will not seek re-election, once again expanding the coming congressional exodus. McHenry said he will finish out the remainder of his term.

McHenry presided over the chamber for three weeks — with limited powers — as the Republican conference failed multiple times to coalesce behind a permanent replacement. In one of his first ...

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), a firm Jordan ally, went further and called the McHenry option “the biggest FU to Republican voters I’ve ever seen.” “We’re handing our majority back over to the ...

McHenry is chair of the House Financial Services committee and has been a member of Congress since 2005. His North Carolina district is rated as solidly Republican by nonpartisan U.S. election ...

Several lawmakers were discussing granting Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican acting as temporary speaker, the power to run the House until a permanent speaker is chosen. By Robert ...

McHenry, 48, may be best remembered as the first interim speaker of the House after Republican insurgents led by Rep. Matt Gaetz ousted their party’s own speaker, Kevin McCarthy. In his historic ...

The Hill notes that three former Republican House speakers – former Reps. Newt Gingrich, John Boehner and Paul Ryan – all seemed to endorse the idea of temporarily elevating McHenry.

McHenry followed a path that led to the chairship ... Term limits matter. And if the Republican Party screws this up, we’re going to permanently screw up this institution and the benefits ...

Patrick McHenry stood out as one of McCarthy’s most influential advocates in the intra-party battle to elect the California Republican as speaker earlier this month. He also proved key in ...

The Republican conference gathered to meet in the afternoon. Jordan has backed a plan to temporarily empower McHenry as speaker pro tempore until Jan. 3. Jordan hinted Wednesday that he thought ...

“McHenry County, sometimes, I think that we take it for granted that we’re a Republican-controlled party,” Buehler said. “But, you know, the margins get closer and closer all the time.” ...