Johnson Says He Won’t Change Motion to Vacate Rule After Republican Pushback by Joseph Lord – US Politics News

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on April 18 that he has no plans to make changes to the rules governing a motion to vacate after early reports led to harsh Republican pushback.
In his comments, Mr. Johnson was openly critical of the motion to vacate but announced that he wouldn’t be pursuing a rule change.
“Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Mr. Johnson said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
“Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand the importance of that idea, any rule change requires a majority of the full House, which we do not have.”…