Political bias and ignorance about the functioning of the House of Representatives have led to highly misleading coverage of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA)election as speaker. Claims that McCarthy made concessions to his opposition that would endanger his leadership and create chaos in the House were…
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, following a meeting for the House Republican leadership elections. McCarthy easily won an internal party election Wednesday to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus, a familiar role for the underestimated scrapper whose top priority will be to protect President Donald Trump's agenda and try to build the party back to retake the majority.
The reasons are simple. It’s a gimmick, invoked only twice in over 100 years. No single member would do it without a lot of backers, so whether the motion is filed by one or five doesn’t matter. The whole caucus would have to approve it before it would have any effect, and that’s impossible except under the most implausible circumstances.
“Regular order” was not followed as a rule under Nancy Pelosi’s speakership, nor was it followed by the other Republican speakers who preceded or followed her.
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