Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL) has expressed openness to making a deal on changing the procedural tool he used in securing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-ousted-from-speakership-after-democrats-side-with-matt-gaetz">removal</a> of Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives">House</a> speaker.
The Florida Republican urged colleagues on Thursday to consider reforms proposed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ro-khanna-slams-nancy-pelosi-over-claim-that-call-for-feinstein-resignation-is-sexist">Rep. Ro Khanna</a> (D-CA) in exchange for tweaking the rules to make it harder to get a no-confidence vote in the chamber&#8217;s leader.
&#8220;Ok. Let’s negotiate. My GOP colleagues want to raise the threshold on the motion to vacate. This is a question for all of them,&#8221; Gaetz <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1709990719425782089">said</a> in a post to X. &#8220;If we enact the reforms [Khanna] lays out here…. How high would you like the MTV threshold to be? Because I’ll basically give you whatever you want on the MTV for this stuff.&#8221;
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Ok. Let’s negotiate. 
My GOP colleagues want to raise the threshold on the motion to vacate. 
This is a question for all of them. 
If we enact the reforms <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRoKhanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRoKhanna</a> lays out here….
How high would you like the MTV threshold to be?
Because I’ll basically give you whatever… <a href="https://t.co/uaFhoNi0Is">https://t.co/uaFhoNi0Is</a>
&mdash; Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1709990719425782089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
Gaetz shared a <a href="https://twitter.com/QuiverQuant/status/1709930742720163974">post</a> that highlighted Khanna announcing an <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/ro-khanna-unveils-blueprint-term-limits-stock-trading-ban">anti-corruption plan</a>, particularly proposals for term limits in Congress, cracking down on congressional stock trading, and stemming the flow of money from lobbyists and PACs.
A dialogue ensued as Khanna responded to a Washington Examiner reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1709991382096502809">posting</a> about Gaetz&#8217;s offer.
&#8220;Let’s push for a floor vote on any three of the items [Gaetz]! Instead of having members call each other names, it’s time to recognize the American people are fed up with how this place functions, don’t have a high opinion of us, &amp; are demanding some common sense changes,&#8221; Khanna <a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1709993112351760741">said</a>.
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&#8220;How many Democrats can you deliver for this agenda? I cap out somewhere around 8,&#8221; Gaetz <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1710000957717713397">said</a> in reply.
&#8220;You know what’s sad, Matt,&#8221; Khanna <a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1710005874985406704">responded</a>. &#8220;Not more than 10. Let’s be honest with folks. The American people should know that LESS than 20 members advocate for banning PAC &amp; lobbyist money, even though that polls at 80%. Many need to be shamed into voting for it once it’s put on the floor.&#8221;
The &#8220;motion to vacate the chair&#8221; is a parliamentary tool that has <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rep-gaetz-threatens-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy-after-deal-averting-government-shutdown#:~:text=The%20rules%20of%20the%20House,twice%20in%20the%20past%20century.">rarely been used</a> throughout the history of the United States.
Lawmakers raised the threshold to require <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mccarthy-motion-to-vacate-rule-speaker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a majority</a> of either party to bring a motion to vacate to the House floor <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/motion-vacate-key-sticking-point-gop-speaker-battle/story?id=96241364">in 2019</a> — as Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) began her second stint as speaker. But the House rules package <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/motion-vacate-key-sticking-point-gop-speaker-battle/story?id=96241364" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> for this session of Congress restored the ability of a single member to trigger the process as a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64194129">concession</a> to GOP holdouts — a group that included Gaetz — while McCarthy sought to secure the speaker&#8217;s gavel across 15 votes in January.
Citing frustrations with McCarthy&#8217;s leadership, Gaetz filed a &#8220;motion to vacate the chair&#8221; this week after the GOP-controlled House passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-fires-back-at-the-8-republicans-who-upended-his-speakership">Gaetz and seven other Republicans</a> joined with Democrats in a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023519">216-210</a> vote that ousted McCarthy, who later said he will not run another campaign for the position.
House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-scalise">Steve Scalise</a> (R-LA) and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-enters-race-for-house-speaker">Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)</a>, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, have announced candidacies for the speakership on the GOP side. Democrats are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-democrat-floats-potential-candidates-for-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">likely to rally</a> behind someone such as Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY).
There has also been some chatter about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-might-go-to-capitol-hill-to-try-to-stop-feuds-among-house-republicans">former President Donald Trump</a> taking on the role, as the Constitution <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote.html">does not require</a> a speaker to be a sitting member of the House. Trump emphasized in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111181741389282855">post</a> to Truth Social on Thursday that he is running a 2024 campaign for a second term in the White House, but expressed openness to helping in the process to pick a new speaker.
A simple majority is needed to secure victory in a chamber-wide vote for speaker. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is holding the position in the interim.
Meanwhile, some lawmakers are pushing to change the &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; rule.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepCarlos/status/1709611565169725641">said</a> he is not supporting any candidate until there is a commitment to reform the rule. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lauren-boebert">Lauren Boebert</a> (R-CO) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boebert-supports-ditching-motion-to-vacate-with-jordan-as-speaker">said</a> she is &#8220;willing to ditch&#8221; the &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; if Jordan becomes speaker.
In the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a>, Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) encouraged the next speaker to get rid of the &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; mechanism. &#8220;It makes the speaker&#8217;s job impossible, and the American people expect us to have a functioning government,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-advises-next-house-speaker-to-get-rid-of-motion-to-vacate">said</a>.

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