Summary
House Republicans unveiled new rules for the 119th Congress, including a change requiring nine GOP co-sponsors to initiate a motion to oust the Speaker, up from the previous one-member threshold.
The rule, aimed at preventing leadership instability, follows the chaotic removal of Kevin McCarthy in 2023.
Speaker Mike Johnson, whose re-election isn’t guaranteed, faces tensions within his party after recent spending disputes.
Freedom Caucus and Main Street Caucus leaders said the rule change strengthens GOP unity and enables execution of Trump’s agenda, while maintaining some risk of speaker removal.
It wasn’t the Democrats who booted McCarthy and if he thinks raising the limit up from 1 will keep him safe, it won’t. It really, really won’t.
Well, I’m pretty sure there’s only 7 or so batshit insane house members like boebert and mtg, so 9 might actually be safe.