House Rules Package Raises Threshold to Remove Speaker
The House rules package released Wednesday raises the threshold for removing the Speaker of the House, as some conservatives consider a move to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
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House GOP Moves to Make It Nine Times Harder to Vote to Vacate the Speaker
Two factions of the House Republican conference have brokered a deal to raise the threshold to trigger a motion to vacate the chair, the procedure to force a vote to remove the Speaker of the House, from one member to nine.
Rep. Troy Nehls Nominates McCarthy for Ninth Ballot: ‘We Must Place America and Its People First’
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), a member of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC), nominated Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for Speaker of the House ahead of the ninth vote for the speakership and asserted that McCarthy has “addressed and accepted” many of the concerns voiced by the 20 Republicans who have repeatedly voted against him.
