The House is set to reconvene Monday evening as lawmakers prepare to debate on provisions included in the chamber’s rules package before a final vote.
The meeting marks the first time the House has convened since lawmakers were sworn in early Saturday shortly after electing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker.
The vote on the rules package will be the first test of leadership for McCarthy. He will have a chance to unite his party and pass the legislation in a timely manner. Like the speaker election, McCarthy can only afford to lose four votes in order to pass the rules package if all Democrats vote against the measure and no lawmakers are absent or vote “present.”
The rules package contains a number of new provisions that McCarthy agreed to in order to win key support for his speakership bid, including allowing one member to force a vote to remove McCarthy as speaker.
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Many of those concessions include measures that weaken McCarthy’s influence as speaker while increasing the power of rank-and-file members — prompting some concern among centrist Republicans.
The House is scheduled to convene for debate at 5 p.m., with votes expected to begin at 6:30 p.m.
