The top House Democrat on the Rules Committee is denouncing Republicans for attempting to restrict the minority party’s ability to oust the speaker in the latest House rules legislation set to be approved this week. 

The new legislation, which will be voted on for approval when the 119th Congress convenes Friday, would require nine members of the majority party to co-sponsor a motion to vacate the speaker from the top leadership position, up from current rules that only require one. As a result, Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-MA) accused Republicans of “partisan extremism” by “destroying the role of the Speaker of the House.”

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