Posted on 03/13/2024 7:14:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday predicted that the House will “probably” change the rules around the motion to vacate in the next Congress, months after eight Republicans banded with Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) using the procedural maneuver.
Johnson — speaking at a kickoff press conference during the House GOP’s annual retreat in West Virginia — said he is not personally advocating for a change to the motion to vacate, but added it’s being openly discussed among lawmakers.
“The motion to vacate is something that comes up a lot amongst members and discussion. … I expect there will probably be a change to that as well. But just so you know, I’ve never advocated for that; I’m not one who’s making it into this issue, because I don’t think it is one for now,” Johnson said.
“I just think it’s something that a lot of members on both sides of the aisle talk about openly that they have a desire for [a] more normal process on the House floor again,” he continued. “So we’ll be looking at that on the House rules package in our respective caucus and conference packages as well as going to the new Congress. And that’s just something we should do in due course, be good stewards of the institution.”
Under current rules, a single member can bring a motion to vacate against the Speaker, which forces a vote on ousting the lawmaker from the top job.
McCarthy agreed to the one-member threshold during the Speaker’s race in January of last year after hard-line conservatives demanded it as a condition of their support. During Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) tenure as Speaker, a motion to vacate could only be brought if a majority of either party was in...
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Of course. Our Congressional whores’ owners don’t like their setup being challenged. End the occupation.
Why even bring it up?
He would have already paid Zelensky the $61bn if it weren’t for that rule.
lol. ...but, but, it has nothing whatsoever to do with me, said the Speaker, i’m just the guy who decides everything that comes to the floor in the house, except for the motion to vacate that is...
Just win enough house seats and it shouldn’t be a problem.
Nope. It will still be a Matt Gaetz weapon.
we need to start kicking the snot out of these ilk if they so much as look like they are gonna go full retard.
spit.
tomorrow
vacate the chair
tomorrow
The sHill stirring up trouble again.
How? If they have enough GOP members then they don’t need rats to pass anything.
It just takes one to make the move. It’s ridiculous.
I think it’s funny he believes he’ll be speaker in January. What has the house done to keep the majority? Not a dang thing. They do keep their vacations on schedule. In fact, another two week vacation coming up in days.
What a stupid comment.
I think there’s some concern that Johnson could be ousted and replaced by a Democrat, being that the GOP majority is getting slimmer and slimmer by the day.
good point.
I think there’s some concern that Johnson could be ousted and replaced by a Democrat, being that the GOP majority is getting slimmer and slimmer by the day.
I’d agree one is a bit to low.
That means a betrayal is being planned and they don’t want to have to face the music.
But also my point stands. Get more GOP and it won’t be an issue. Remember the issue was they needed ever single GOP vote to get him across the barrier. So to get that he had to concede to 1 vote to bring up vote to remove speaker.
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