Speaker Battle Day 3: New Concessions in the Offing as Seventh Ballot Nears

The Hill

Discussions between Republican Speaker nominee Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and some of his 20 GOP detractors progressed on Wednesday after a sixth failed Speaker vote, pointing to more concessions from McCarthy as he aims to win over some of them ahead of the House returning at noon on Thursday.

Items discussed in the meetings, according to a source, included lowering the threshold for a motion to vacate the chair — a move to force a vote on ousting the Speaker — to one member.

A previous concession from McCarthy in a House rules package released over the weekend had lowered that threshold to five members, after the House GOP in November had adopted a measure requiring support from half of the conference to bring up the measure.

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