Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) April 18, 2024
Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand the importance of…
Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority. Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand the importance of that idea, any rule change requires a majority of the full House, which we do not have. We will continue to govern under the existing rules.
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Save every/one some time and do the honorable thing ... RESIGN NOW. Oops, it takes an honorable person to do the honorable thing.