• Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    It’s referred to as privilege. It’s rule IX. The lingo they use can make things unintuitive.

    Here’s a Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_to_vacate_the_chair

    It’s the first time in US history a motion to vacate has successfully removed the speaker of the house. The only function the interim speaker can conduct is to call for votes on a new speaker, I don’t believe the interim speaker can bring new legislation.

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        1 year ago

        You’re welcome, it’s a mess trying to interpret. Watching the events live on CSPAN it comes across like a big made up kangaroo court cult. I’m fairly certain that part of being inducted as speaker involves updating the rules which is where all the negotiating to be elected speaker comes in. Unfortunately theirs like half a dozen or so extreme right republicans that are sending a message and without the democrat minority support they don’t have enough votes to elect a speaker without appeasing their extreme republicans (which is also why the vacate went through). That’s my understanding anyway, like I said, the whole thing seems like a clown show and is embarrassing to watch as a citizen.