HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFull list of Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down13
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkFull list of Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthywww.newsweek.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down1·1 year ago“Prior to McCarthy, no House speaker had ever been ousted through a motion to vacate.” So apparently McCarthy was a trailblazer in being voted out of the job as Speaker.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 year agoPrior to McCarthy, the threshold to hold a vote to remove was 1/2 of one party or the other. McCarthy’s concession to become speaker was to reduce that from 1/2 a party to one, single, member.
minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoHang on, that means McCarthy himself can keep voting to remove Gaetz? This could get even more hilarious.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, if the rule isn’t removed, McCarthy (or anyone, really!) could start this all over again.
“Prior to McCarthy, no House speaker had ever been ousted through a motion to vacate.”
So apparently McCarthy was a trailblazer in being voted out of the job as Speaker.
Prior to McCarthy, the threshold to hold a vote to remove was 1/2 of one party or the other.
McCarthy’s concession to become speaker was to reduce that from 1/2 a party to one, single, member.
Hang on, that means McCarthy himself can keep voting to remove Gaetz? This could get even more hilarious.
Yes, if the rule isn’t removed, McCarthy (or anyone, really!) could start this all over again.