The threshold for a vote on the motion had previously ... the motion to vacate in the last Congress to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. REUTERS Some Democrats have railed against ...

Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by ...

Among them was a measure to raise the threshold for calling a "motion to vacate the chair" – which sets off a House-wide vote to depose the sitting speaker. Ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a rules package on Friday that will make it far more difficult to remove a speaker ... House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ...

In order to win the gavel in January 2023, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ... on Democratic votes to pass legislation, angering conservatives who have threatened to remove him.

Republicans are expected to change House rules and make it more difficult to oust a speaker of the House, just one year after a single GOP lawmaker initiated the first-ever removal of a member ...

GOP lawmaker Kevin McCarthy clashed with NBC hosts during a contentious interview where he pointed to an alleged double ...

Kevin McCarthy ... to keep together,” McCarthy said. The former House Speaker recalled that his most “productive” time in Congress was after the messy Speaker votes and he urged Republicans ...

Johnson may still struggle to get the gavel back, as even Trump’s endorsement may not convince all Republicans to support him ...