A group of 45 House Republicans are demanding “fundamental changes” to House GOP rules that allowed a small faction of lawmakers to strip Rep. Kevin McCarthy of his presidency.
Republican lawmakers criticized this week’s unprecedented vote to unseat McCarthy (R-Calif.) as an “injustice,” adding that they are “embarrassed and embarrassed” by the eight members of their party who voted with Democrats to impeach to the former president.
“We refuse to allow the eight members who abandoned and undermined our Conference to dictate all policy and personnel outcomes for the remainder of this Congress, including the upcoming selection of the Speaker of the House,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to his colleagues.
“We cannot allow our majority to be dictated by the alliance between the chaos caucus and the minority party that will do nothing but guarantee the failure of our next president,” they added.
McCarthy became the first speaker of the House of Representatives to be removed from office earlier this week.REUTERS
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Rep. Garret Graves (R-La .) are among the Republican members who signed the letter, which echoes McCarthy’s complaint that “less than 4 percent” of the Republican conference were able to join with Democrats to “override the will of the remaining 96 percent of House Republicans.
Lawmakers said they “remain committed to the conservative and transparent goals” of the former House speaker and are calling for unspecified changes to House GOP rules.
“The injustice we all witness cannot be left unaddressed, lest we be responsible for the consequences that follow,” the letter says. “Our Conference must address fundamental changes in the structure of our majority to ensure the success of the American people.”
In January, McCarthy had agreed to lower the threshold for a floor vote on an override motion. AP
The House currently allows a single member to force a floor vote on a motion to vacate the speakership, a parliamentary mechanism that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) successfully implemented against McCarthy on Tuesday.
McCarthy himself agreed to lower the threshold for a floor vote on an override motion during his successful negotiations with far-right Republican members, which helped him win the gavel in January.
Historically, the threshold to force a floor vote was one, but former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) raised it to the most of either party during her tenure after some Republicans threatened to implement it against former President John Boehner (Republican). -Ohio) in 2015.
“I don’t think that rule is good for the institution, but apparently I’m the only one,” McCarthy said in his exit speech Tuesday after becoming the first House speaker to be removed from office.
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