The motion to vacate is nothing more that allowing the House to have the ability to choose another speaker during the session or during the congress if it feels the need to.
But the Ruling Oligarchy does not like checks to its power (they see them as “guns to their head”)
The issue in other language is called “a vote of confidence”
Does the current Speaker have the confidence of the majority party?
The motion to vacate is nothing more that allowing the House to have the ability to choose another speaker during the session or during the congress if it feels the need to.
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This would be a primary motion, Therefore .democrats could play havoc by constantly bringing the motion and stopping all business until the motion is addressed. Then we know if .democrats regain majority they would eliminate the rule so Republicans could not challenge their speaker.
“The motion to vacate is nothing more that allowing the House to have the ability to choose another speaker during the session or during the congress if it feels the need to.”
The Rule is CRITICAL to making sure that McCarthy isn’t another Paul Ryan, who looked at his job as nothing more than protecting Democrats. Without it, as you imply, McCarthy can promise ANYTHING (like the West did with Minsk 2) to get elected Speaker, and then TOTALLY IGNORE everything he promised.
And the rule is far from “Arcane” in that it was used to get rid of Boehner in 2015. (didn’t do us no good, but that’s another story)