House debuts new rules including one that makes it harder to boot the speaker A motion to vacate, the process for removing the speaker, will now require nine sponsors to be considered on the House floor.
The House Republican leadership revealed their new rules for the 119th Congress Wednesday, including a measure making it more difficult to remove the speaker of the House.
“A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of the Speaker shall not be privileged except if it is offered by a member of the majority party and has accumulated eight co-sponsors from the majority party at the time it is offered,” the package says.
A motion to vacate, the process for removing the speaker, will now require nine sponsors to be considered on the House floor.
Following the election of a speaker, the House will vote on the rules package, which needs a simple majority to pass.
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