'Dysfunction, disorganization, and disarray': Lawmaker unloads on House GOP rule changes

House Republicans are moving to rewrite the rules of Congress to serve their own majority at the expense of any functional government, House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern warned in a furious thread posted to X on Wednesday evening. "You’d think House Republicans might look at their failures and try to change course by working with Democrats, as we’ve been asking, to address the major problems facing our country. This comes at a moment when the GOP's razor-thin House majority is set to face difficulties in even re-electing House Speaker Mike Johnson to the gavel in the first place, as at least some members appear opposed — and Trump is endorsing him in a bid to prevent his own election certification from being delayed. "First, by injecting partisan extremism into the rules, Republicans are totally destroying the role of Speaker of the House," wrote McGovern. This "unprecedented anti-democratic move that would fit right in at the Kremlin," he wrote, comes even as Republicans face one of the most razor-thin majorities in history — an indication that "the American people want us to work together."