IN other words, Pelosi could take back the chair and it might be impossible to remove her, even if a lot of the Democrats thought she needed to go.
IOW, they have labeled Jefferson’s procedural rule as a “nuclear option” (the Democrats’ term) and in the future Democrats will be able to say, “Hey, you made the rule ...”.
Frustrated by being unable to legislate by simple majority, the RINOs change a rule that has been in effect for the life of the country to establish as a rule a super majority vote requirement ... `to protect the institution’ (as Boehner put it)?
How would there be a difference if Pelosi were back in the chair?