GOP scraps plan to protect Ryan from coup

Published December 19, 2016 11:01am ET



A proposal that would have made it harder for rank-and-file lawmakers to depose the House speaker will not be among the new rules governing the 115th Congress, according to a key lawmaker.

“It did not get included as part of the rules package,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., told the Washington Examiner. “It’s really not something we are discussing at all.”

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