Speaker

Since the republicans have only a four seat lead in the house the five republicans who are challenging Kevin McCarthy for speaker have considerable power. These five want to revert back to the days before Nancy Pelosi concentrated power in the hands of a few. They want committee chair persons to be elected by a vote of the entire caucus instead of being appointed by a small group called the steering committee. They want to allow any member to initiate a vote to remove the Speaker called "motion to vacate". If they refuse to vote for McCarthy then the democrats if they stick together can elect the Speaker and that would be Hakeem Jeffries.