Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Sunday that he expects Republicans can pass a House rules package that was changed during negotiations from holdouts during the election for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last week.
“I think we’ll get the 218 votes we need to pass the rules package,” Jordan told “Fox News Sunday.” “What this rules package is designed to do is to stop what we saw happen literally 15 days ago when the Democrats passed a $1.7 trillion monstrosity of a bill.”
During the election, McCarthy had to make concessions from a group of about 20 Republicans until he was elected during the early morning hours of Saturday—after 15 rounds of voting. Some of the rule changes include lowering the threshold for a lawmaker to issue a motion to vacate, allowing members to oust the House speaker, as well as allowing a vote to allow term limits on members of the House….