GOP Gives Up On Ending Rule Used To Oust McCarthy

The Messenger reports:

After Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal from the speakership in October, many of the California Republican’s allies vowed not to support a replacement speaker unless they agreed to defang the procedural tool used to oust him.

They eventually rallied around Mike Johnson, a conservative Republican from Louisiana, without him committing to changing the motion to vacate.

But two months later, no overhaul effort has emerged, and proponents now admit it is all but dead. “I don’t think there’s an opportunity to be honest with you,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez told The Messenger.

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