House GOP proposes new rules for next Congress — including a 'crucial alteration': report
House Republicans on Wednesday proposed a new slate of rules for the next Congress, including one flagged by Axios as a "crucial alternation."
Among the changes to the standing rules proposed: "A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker shall not be privileged except if it is offered by a member of the majority party and has accumulated eight cosponsors from the majority party at the time it is offered."
In other words, the threshold would be raised from just one House Republican being able to introduce a measure to force a vote on ousting the House speaker to now that member needing eight additional co-sponsors.
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The change stems from a GOP deal agreed to in November as the party prepares to renominate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Axios reported that the proposed rules also scrap the Congressional Diversity & Inclusion Office and reverts the name of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
