House debuts new rules including one that makes it harder to boot the speaker

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy 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. The speaker, Mike Johnson, and other Republicans shared the change in the rules during a press conference in November after the party’s leadership elections. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to vacate last year months into Johnson’s speakership, but the Democrats joined with nearly all the Republicans to vote down the measure. be “in a better position to move forward with the Republican agenda to make sure that Speaker Johnson, South Dakota Senate Leader John Thune, and our President Donald Trump have an opportunity to go forward."