How did 1 House speaker permanently change the vote rules about vacating the seat?

[lindysalsagal]

I follow pretty closely, but I missed how it became a permanent rule, rather than just a bargain McCarthy made for his own speakership.

[NutmegYankee]

1. It was part of the rules package that is voted on after the speaker is chosen.

It's one of the first thing a new Congress does.

[lindysalsagal]

4. Ok, thanks. I ignore those little inside issues.

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. It can be changed, rules only last as long as the congress

2 years max.

[Recycle_Guru]

2. rules are remade in each new congress

[Ocelot II]

3. The Chaos Caucus forced him to accept the change in order for them

to vote for him to be Speaker in the first place. So he sealed his own fate; after that he had to do everything they wanted or they'd do what they just did. He was doomed from the minute he was elected.

[MichMan]

6. That was always the rule for quite a long time

It was changed in 2018 by Speaker Pelosi and then changed back in 2022 to what it had been previously.


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