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As part of the negotiation to get Kevin McCarthy to the speakership back in January, Republicans made a rule change in the House which allowed just one member o
by josh_carterPDX 3y ago
As part of the negotiation to get Kevin McCarthy to the speakership back in January, Republicans made a rule change in the House which allowed just one member of Congress to bring up for a vote a measure that would let the entire body vote for his ousting.
Pelosi removed this rule when she was speaker, but to be fair she was also really good at getting her party to stay in line.
It will be interesting to see if Republicans take that rule away to avoid another mess if they manage to vote in a new speaker.
- idontwantthis 3y agoWhat do you mean Pelosi removed the rule? Pretty sure this rule has never existed before because of the exact problem it’s caused.
- josh_carterPDX 3y agohttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/06/texans-rule-change-house-speaker https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/06/texans-rule-change-h... "Under rules negotiated in January during McCarthy’s tumultuous first election, any member of the House can motion to vacate the chair — a procedural move that will force a vote to remove the speaker. That was how the process worked until 2019, when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi significantly raised the threshold."
- idontwantthis 3y agoWow I had no idea it existed before.