Top United States House Republican Kevin McCarthy could face an untimely end to his role as speaker after a hardline critic within his own party on Sunday called for a vote to oust him following the passage of a stopgap funding bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans.
Reuters reported that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 335-91 to adopt a 45-day stopgap measure hours before funding for federal agencies was set to expire.
The Democratic-led Senate later approved the same bill with bipartisan support and sent it to President Joe Biden to sign into law.