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https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/06/texans-rule-change-house-speaker https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/06/texans-rule-change-h... "Under rules negotiate
by josh_carterPDX 3y ago
https://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.