Speaker Johnson won’t raise bar on motion to vacate rule

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House speaker says he won't back change to rule that allows single member to call for his ouster

House Rules allow a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker. Conservatives want to keep it that way.

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Speaker Johnson won’t raise bar on motion to vacate rule

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Thursday that he won’t seek to raise the bar for removing a Speaker from power as part of the current debate over Ukraine aid — a prospect that had sparked an outcry from conservatives earlier in the day.  Under current House rules, any single member of the House can compel…

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Johnson Says He Won’t Change Motion to Vacate Rule After Republican Pushback

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on April 18 that he has no plans to make changes to the rules governing a motion to vacate after early reports led to harsh Republican pushback. In his comments, he was openly critical of the motion to vacate but announced that he wouldn’t be pursuing a rule change. “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 Hou…

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Mike Johnson Won’t Try to Change Motion to Vacate Rule

Speaker Mike Johnson won’t seek to change a House rule that allows any one member to seek a vote to oust him, Punchbowl News reports.

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