GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to keep leadership position

Liz Cheney.
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will stay in her role as the No. 3 House Republican, fending off a challenge from far-right lawmakers upset by her decision last month to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.

During a closed-door session on Wednesday night, House Republicans voted 145-61 to keep Cheney in the No. 3 leadership position, The Associated Press reports. The vote was conducted by secret ballot.

Cheney was one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Trump on a charge of inciting an insurrection, and she reportedly told her colleagues on Wednesday that she wouldn't "apologize for that vote." During a break in the meeting, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters he believes "people can have differences of opinion. That's what you can have a discussion about. Liz has a right to vote her conscience."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.