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Congress·Passed House·about 1 year ago

House of Representatives Adopts New Rules Changing Speaker Removal Process and Eliminating Diversity Office

Legislative Progress

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Impact Analysis

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Key Points

  • The House of Representatives updated its internal rules, making it harder to remove the Speaker of the House. Now, a request to remove the Speaker must come from a member of the majority party and have at least eight other members from that same party supporting it.
  • The House is closing its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and changing the language used in official rules. It will now use gendered terms like "father," "mother," "son," and "daughter" instead of gender-neutral terms like "parent" or "child."
  • New budget rules require more transparency regarding the long-term costs of new laws. Non-partisan budget experts must now provide specific reports on how proposed legislation might affect inflation and the future financial health of Social Security and Medicare.
  • Members of Congress are now personally responsible for paying the costs of legal settlements if they are found to have personally harassed or discriminated against their employees, rather than using taxpayer money to cover those costs.
  • The rules allow committees to continue specific investigations and subpoenas, including those involving the Department of Justice. It also continues a special committee focused on economic and security competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
  • The resolution sets a schedule for quick votes on several major topics. These include requiring proof of citizenship to vote, increasing penalties for certain crimes, and setting rules for participation in school sports based on a person's sex at birth.
Civil RightsImmigrationEconomy FinanceHealthcare

Milestones

12 actions
Jan 3, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jan 3, 2025House

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)

Jan 3, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)

Jan 3, 2025House

On motion to commit the resolution to a select committee with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 214 (Roll no. 4).

Jan 3, 2025House

The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered without objection.

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

Within days of January 3, 2025

Fast-tracked bills on immigration, Title IX athletics, voter ID, fentanyl scheduling, and other topics receive House floor votes

Twelve bills covering immigration enforcement, abortion, voter registration, hydraulic fracturing, and other topics move quickly through the House without the usual committee process, though they still need Senate approval and a presidential signature to become law

Vote Results

3 votes
HousePassedProceduralJan 3, 2025

On Ordering the Previous Question

216
210
Democrat
0 – 210 · 5
Republican
216 – 0 · 3
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HouseFailedJan 3, 2025

On Motion to Commit with Instructions

209
214
Democrat
209 – 0 · 6
Republican
0 – 214 · 5
View full roll call
HousePassedJan 3, 2025

On Agreeing to the Resolution

215
209
Democrat
1 – 209 · 5
Republican
214 – 0 · 5
View full roll call

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Axios·about 1 year ago

Mike Johnson protected, diversity office scrapped in new House rules

House Republicans released their 119th Congress rules package, which raises the threshold for a 'motion to vacate' to nine majority-party members and dissolves the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion, a target of GOP critics who labeled it as 'woke' bureaucracy.

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Bloomberg·about 1 year ago

House GOP Adopts Rules With Suspension, Motion to Vacate Limits

The House approved its rules package for the 119th Congress in a 215-209 vote. The package restricts the Speaker's ability to move legislation under suspension of the rules to specific days and implements a new threshold requiring nine majority members to trigger a vote to oust the Speaker.

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Politico·about 1 year ago

Republicans will make it harder to remove the speaker in the 119th Congress

The proposed rules package for the new Congress requires nine GOP members to back a motion to vacate, a significant increase from the single-member threshold that led to Kevin McCarthy's ouster. The deal was negotiated between the House Freedom Caucus and the Main Street Caucus.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill NumberHRES 5
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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