'It's strangely a worse circumstance than we have now even though it's well intentioned.'
Some House Republicans fear the party could be paralyzed by the push to require 98% GOP support for a speaker nominee before a House floor vote.House Republicans are looking to avoid a floor fight like January, when it took 15 ballots to elect former SpeakerThere are two vacant House seats, bringing the number for a majority down from 218.
The member told Axios that House Rules Chair Tom Cole and Rep. Drew Ferguson spoke out against the idea during an internal GOP meeting. "We'll have to see how that plays out. And that 217 rule, it sounds a little more complicated than just the 217 rule. It sounds like there's a process involved here to really force us to get to some sort of conclusion. And like conclusion doesn't necessarily mean a person. It can mean like, we're just never gonna get there," the member added.
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