Latest news and live updates on the House vote on whether to oust Kevin McCarthy. The vote was prompted by a motion by Matt Gaetz after government funding disagreements.
I’m probably wrong but I think the rules are decided before each house convenes (which is every year or two in January after folks are sworn in. ).
So this year is locked. But after the election cycle it will be time to vote on new rules. They could reverse them then. But the margins are so thin….who knows.
That’s how bullshit like filibuster rules have been degraded from actually having to stand and filibuster to simply saying “well I would do it if I had the energy so it’s a filibuster speech now”.
Could a new speaker propose new rules to remove the new rule that allowed McCarthy to be removed? Or are the rules, once defined, set for the term?
I assume with a large enough vote anything could change, but are the standard rules attached to the speaker or the term?
I ask because I don’t see anyone agreeing to what McCarthy agreed to, if they can avoid it.
I’m probably wrong but I think the rules are decided before each house convenes (which is every year or two in January after folks are sworn in. ).
So this year is locked. But after the election cycle it will be time to vote on new rules. They could reverse them then. But the margins are so thin….who knows.
That’s how bullshit like filibuster rules have been degraded from actually having to stand and filibuster to simply saying “well I would do it if I had the energy so it’s a filibuster speech now”.