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From Fox News: Republicans are expected to change House rules and make it more difficult to oust a speaker of the House, just one year after a single GOP lawmaker initiated the first-ever removal of a member from the position.
Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House in January 2023 but was not elected on the first ballot. It took lawmakers four days and 15 votes to finally find consensus and back McCarthy for the position, but the infighting did not stop there.
House rules currently allow for one lawmaker to have the ability to introduce a motion to vacate the speakership and initiate a vote on the floor. So, when former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a motion to vacate McCarthy from the top House post, a vote was initiated, and enough support resulted in his ousting.
However, House Republicans are seeking to change this rule and make it harder to vacate the chamber’s top post in the future.
After Gaetz’s action led to McCarthy’s ouster, which resulted in the House being without an official speaker for two months in 2023, many started to question whether any one lawmaker should be allowed to trigger such an upheaval.
The new proposed rule would require that a lawmaker seeking to oust a Speaker must obtain eight co-sponsors in order to introduce the motion. Additionally, they must all be in the party of the “ruling majority,” which means only Republicans would have the power to introduce the motion for the next two years.
The rules page vote is scheduled to be held once the House Speaker election is concluded, and that process starts on Friday, Jan. 3.
House Republicans move to change rules for vacating speakership 1 year after McCarthy’s ousting https://t.co/GrUe90vpD7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 2, 2025
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