Talk of Temporary Speaker Patrick McHenry Rises as G.O.P. Chaos Continues Several lawmakers were discussing granting the Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican acting as temporary speaker, the power to run the House until a permanent speaker is chosen.

What Can Patrick McHenry, Interim House Speaker, Do? Representative Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, who took the gavel, may oversee the election of a new speaker. But he does not have the power to run the chamber.

Who Is Patrick McHenry, the Interim House Speaker? The Republican from North Carolina and an

Short Conversations with Poets: Eric McHenry Over two books, both published by The Waywiser Press, Eric McHenry has built up a world of poetry that’s at once lighthearted and serious, cantankerous and comical. It’s populated with lullabies and villanelles and references that defy easy category—ranging from, for instance, Kansas history to early hip-hop to baseball to Sam Cooke lyrics to tr…