Although the Republican leadership’s proposed rules were largely a copy-paste of the rules for the 118th Congress, there are some changes. One major difference has to do with the procedure for removing the Speaker, which played a key role in the 118th Congress. Previously, any single member of Congress could bring up a resolution to remove the Speaker. Now, nine Republicans have to co-sponsor such a resolution for it to be considered. This strengthens the hand of the Speaker significantly and also undermines the ability of a majority of the House of Representatives to change who is serving as Speaker.

  • goferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 days ago

    Didn’t the GOP run on hating that exact thing?

    But yeah it’d be amazing if the dems didn’t always cave before the negotiations begin :/