Motion to vacate measure becomes a lightning rod in stormy House speaker's race
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The 200-year-old rule used to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is now a hot-button issue in the ensuing race to replace him.
The 200-year-old parliamentary rule, known as a motion to vacate, triggers a chamber-wide vote on whether to oust the legislative body’s leader. Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
According to the terms of a deal McCarthy made in January to win the gavel, the threshold for triggering a motion to vacate was brought down to just one House member, far below the party-majority needed under Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
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