’s speakership bid this year. In exchange for allowing Mr. McCarthy’s ascension, the group pushed through a rules package that decentralized the power of congressional leadership.’s push to pass the debt limit agreement with the help of House Democrats undercut the changes conservatives fought for in the rules package.to assume the speakership has been violated as a consequence of the debt limit deal,” said Mr.
Gaetz, Florida Republican. “The answer for us is to reassert House conservatives as the appropriate coalition partner for our leadership, instead of them making common cause with Democrats.”has not specified how it plans to move forward amid the impasse. The group fought for a provision within the House rules package that allows any single lawmaker to force a vote on ejecting the speaker, known in Congress-speak as a motion to vacate the chair.