Speaker Mike Johnson led the House in making it harder to oust him from the top job. (Getty)
It sparked fury among Democrats, who accused Republicans of eroding the significance of the minority party.
"Their proposed changes would, for the first time in American history, shield the Speaker from accountability to the entire chamber by making it so that only Republicans can move to oust the speaker," said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee.
"This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common ground. Instead of electing a Speaker of the House, they have decided to elect a Speaker of the Republican Conference—held hostage by their most extreme members."
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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz led McCarthy's ouster (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
It also limits the House Speaker's ability to bypass traditional chamber processes to rush a bill to the House floor via a mechanism known as "suspension of the rules."
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Johnson's use of the suspension measure to pass critical legislation with Democratic support angered GOP hardliners in the House GOP Conference.
Under the new package, Johnson will only be able to put a House bill up for a vote under suspension on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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