A moderate House Democrat is circulating a resolution to protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential removal a

[Fullduplexxx]

A moderate House Democrat is circulating a resolution to protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential removal attempt by one of his party's hardliners, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Centrist Democrats have floated protecting Johnson to give him room to put bipartisan legislation on the floor.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/democrats-mike-johnson-motion-vacate-gottheimer

Don't dems have the right to vacate that chair if so then threaten him with it

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Where is this "right" you write of?

[Fullduplexxx]

2. I thought it only took 1 member to get the chair vacated

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. That is only a rule, and it is only inside the Republicon caucus; a rule only for this Congress. . . nt

[lindysalsagal]

3. Interesting. They'll brand him as a collaborator if he goes for it. I wouldn't hold my breath.

[KPN]

5. F*** that S***!

[JohnSJ]

6. They had a better chance with McCarthy than this christo-fascist

[Silent3]

17. That's what I said when so many people were cheering for McCarthy's doom

As horrible as McCarthy was, I knew the next Republican pick would be worse.

When it comes to propping up Johnson... that's only worth it if he helps prevent the next looming government shutdown and helps get aid to Ukraine.

If he can't deliver those things in exchange for a bit of Democratic support, fuck him.

Hell, with the Republic majority even smaller now, maybe there's a slim chance of turning a couple of Republicans... well, I wouldn't dare dream of getting Jeffries in... to support a compromise Speaker who'll join with Democrats to get some minimum, basic, keep-the-country running work done.

[JohnSJ]

20. I agree and said the same thing

[obamanut2012]

7. Only the GOP Reps can call a vote for that

[Fullduplexxx]

8. That's not what i read

WASHINGTON — In his bid to become speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy agreed to a number of concessions to secure the support of Republicans who originally opposed him. One was a rule change to allow just a single member to try to force him from office.

Under the new House rules passed Monday, only one member of Congress — Democrat or Republican — is needed to bring a "motion to vacate," which forces a vote on removing the speaker. That would need only a simple majority of the House to pass to oust McCarthy.

I understand it's a motion to vacate on which a vote needs to happen

[lapucelle]

9. The motion to vacate must then pass or can be tabled by a simple majority.

The history of the motion to vacate rule suggests that the pre-2019 version will not significantly impact the House moving forward. This is because merely filing a motion to vacate does not remove the Speaker. A majority of lawmakers in the House (typically 218) must approve the motion. And any lawmaker may prevent an up-or-down vote on the motion by moving to table it on a simple majority vote.

https://www.legislativeprocedure.com/blog/2023/1/10/new-motion-to-vacate-rule-unlikely-to-disrupt-house

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. You read that it was a rule and you decided it was a "right"

Further you provide no link for your quote. Nor did you mark it as a quote with the excerpt tool DU provides.

[Fullduplexxx]

12. Yes, if there's a rule saying I could do a thing Then I have the right to do that thing.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Very different

Rights have a lot more durability.

Rules can be changed much more easily.

The English language, being a language, is somewhat flexible and is subject to the whims of common speech. But technically a rule is not a right. A rule can enforce a right or codify a right or clarify a right. But go ahead and call it a right all you want. Few will correct you.

[onenote]

14. You are incorrect.

The rules of the 117th Congress contained the following provision: (3) A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker shall not be privi- leged except if offered by direction of a party caucus or conference.

However, the resolution adopting the rules for the 118th Congress stripped out that provision. As a result, any member, without regard to party, can offer, as a "question of privilege" a resolution to vacate the Office of Speaker.

[getagrip_already]

11. We should only provide protection if he earns it...

Bring the foreign aid bill to a vote, along with clean budget bills.

Then he can keep his gavel.

[TheKentuckian]

15. Sphincter for the Louse Micro Johnson will do nothing

but kiss Chumps ass and push whatever the nutters demand.

Let him swing in the wind.

[Mister Ed]

16. And all the while, it is Ukraine that swings in the wind.

Ukraine, and the U.S. economy as well, since the traitorous House GOP is rumbling with yet another government shutdown threat.

There's no good solution for dealing with these Quislings. House Democrats will be groping for the least worst solution.

[TheKentuckian]

18. Johnson is "leading" in the other direction on both

If you can get a collar on him and make him heel then great but otherwise let chaos reign until reason is back at bat.

[hatrack]

19. Bipartisan cooperation from America's Angriest God-botherer? Don't hold your breath.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered a “horrible” presentation at a GOP retreat in Miami, Florida this weekend that transformed into an all out “sermon,” sources told POLITICO. Johnson’s talk was meant to focus on the Republican Party’s prospects of keeping its two person House majority in the 2024 elections, but instead he began ranting about moral rot in the United States.

According to two sources, the lawmaker cited declining numbers of church goers, as well as a withering national religious identity, in his speech. “I’m not at church,” said one source, who described the presentation as “horrible.” They believed Johnson was trying to unite GOP members. “The sermon was so long he couldn’t bring it back to make the point,” they said. Johnson, a Christian nationalist, has a habit of crossing the line between church and state. He’s so devoted to being devout he even admitted that Joe Biden’s presidency was “God’s will.” Last week, Johnson signaled that he planned to crush the Senate’s $95 billion foreign aid package.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/speaker-mike-johnson-went-way-off-topic-in-horrible-sermon-at-gop-retreat