GOP lawmakers propose alterations to the procedure for vacating the speakership one year following McCarthy's removal.

The GOP is predicted to modify House regulations to make it harder to remove a speaker of the House, following the removal of a single Republican lawmaker from the position one year ago.

In January 2023, Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House, but it took four days and 15 votes to reach a consensus. Despite this, the infighting among lawmakers did not stop.

Currently, house rules enable one lawmaker to propose a motion to remove the speaker and conduct a vote on the floor. As a result, when former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz presented a motion to remove McCarthy from the top House position, a vote was initiated, and sufficient support led to his removal.

The House Republicans are attempting to modify the current rule, making it more difficult to leave the position of Speaker of the House in the future.

In 2023, the removal of McCarthy from his position as speaker of the chamber left the chamber without an official speaker for two months, prompting the question of whether one lawmaker should have the power to introduce such a motion.

The new proposed House rules package released on Wednesday aims to change the rules so that a lawmaker needs eight co-sponsors to introduce a motion to remove the speaker.

The majority party, currently the Republicans, holds the power to introduce a vacate motion for the next two years.

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., criticized the proposed rule changes, arguing that they would protect the Speaker from being held accountable to the entire chamber.

According to Axios, McGovern stated that the American people did not vote for whatever this is, and Democrats will not allow Republicans to turn the House of Representatives into a rubber stamp for their extremist policies.

The proposed rules package will be voted on after the election of the first speaker and the beginning of the 119th Congress. The first speaker vote is scheduled for this Friday.

President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson for re-election, despite one GOP member, Rep. Thomas Massie, stating that he will not vote for him.