Speaker McCarthy made concessions to the far-right to get his job, including a newly adopted rule that allows a single member to try to force him from office.
Here’s what you need to know about how a motion to vacate would work and the history of the maneuver:Under the newly adopted rule, any single member of the House could “offer a privileged resolution declaring the Office of Speaker vacant.” The term “
” here refers to a matter that has precedence over regular House business, meaning it is more urgent and must be brought to the House floor for a vote.Procedural votes could be offered to slow down the motion, but when it does come to the floor, it would need only a simple majority of the House — or 218 members currently — to pass.
In theory, a small group of Republicans who want to force out the speaker could work with Democrats to reach the votes needed to remove the speaker.The Constitution says nothing about ousting a speaker. In fact, “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker,” is the of the top job in the entire document. What the Constitution does say is that the House makes its own rules.as a guide for parliamentary procedure. “A Speaker may be removed at the will of the House,” the manual states. It was Speaker Joseph Cannon in 1910, however, who first used the motion to vacate as it is known now.
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