The procedural tool, which is called a motion to vacate, is a privileged resolution that can be introduced by any member of the House to declare the office of the House speaker vacant. Multiple other ...

The gauntlet has been thrown down: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., filed a rarely used motion that, if approved by his fellow House members, would oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the middle of ...

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Monday asked a federal judge to vacate his decisions blocking ...

The measure used to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., last week is now one of the main points of contention in the battle to replace him. McCarthy became the first speaker in the ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday said her motion to vacate the Speakership is “coming” no matter what House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) decides to do, while also dodging questions about ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz has formally moved ahead with a vote to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy late Monday. Known as a motion to vacate, the vote will test Republican support for McCarthy in the ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) decision to force action on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has created a dilemma for some rank-and-file Republicans who will now face a tough choice: vote ...

A parliamentary rule in the House of Representatives called the “motion to vacate the chair” is playing a major role in Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) bid to become speaker of the House. A ...

Washington — Many Republican lawmakers have posed raising the threshold to trigger a no-confidence vote in the next House speaker — or ditching the rule altogether — after Kevin McCarthy was ousted ...

As we predicted in our post After Arbitration, Does a District Court Have Jurisdiction to Confirm or Vacate an FAA Award?, ...