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McHenry compromise within GOP fails again, smelling like Gym ... socks [1]

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Date: 2023-10-19  

Republicans, who have a narrow majority in the House, have the authority to grant the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.), enough power to move legislation and get the chamber functioning again.

The simplest way is for a majority of House members — Republicans and/or Democrats — to vote for it.

If a majority of House members agree to change the rules about what a temporary speaker can do, there’s nothing stopping them, according to Matthew Green, a professor of politics at Catholic University and co-author of a book about former House speaker Newt Gingrich.

Green told The Washington Post’s politics reporter Amber Phillips, “The Constitution says almost nothing about the speakership, and the Supreme Court gives Congress a lot of leeway in how they operate internally.”

Phillips notes that to assuage concerns about McHenry serving in perpetuity, the House could make him an acting speaker for a set amount of time.

Or, she noted, they could leave the time frame open-ended and McHenry, on his own, could step down as soon as the House elects a permanent speaker.

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