• Ghostalmedia
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    8 months ago

    That’s not true.

    It still requires a simple majority to remove a speaker. In the case of Kevin McCarthy, the vote was 216 to 210, in favor of removal.

    What is new is that the GOP is allowing anyone to bring a motion to vacate to the floor. You still need a majority vote to oust someone, but any yahoo can now force the house to drop everything and vote on removing the speaker.

    That causes chaos and previously it required a higher bar to get a motion to vacate rolling.