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chair vacant</b>, commonly shortened to <b>motion to vacate</b>, is a procedure in which a member of a <a href="/wiki/Legislative_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative body">legislative body</a> proposes that the <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">presiding officer</a> vacates their office. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manuals_of_parliamentary_procedure">Manuals of parliamentary procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Manuals of parliamentary procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Robert%27s_Rules_of_Order_Newly_Revised" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised">Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised</a></i> allows this motion to be used if the occupant of the chair is not the regular presiding officer of a society, in which case it is a <a href="/wiki/Question_of_privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="Question of privilege">question of privilege</a> affecting the assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the chair is the regular presiding officer, the motion to declare the chair vacant cannot be used.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the assembly could temporarily remove the chair for the meeting using a <a href="/wiki/Suspension_of_the_rules" title="Suspension of the rules">suspension of the rules</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bylaws of the organization would determine how to permanently remove the officer.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Demeter%27s_Manual_of_Parliamentary_Law_and_Procedure" title="Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure">Demeter's Manual</a></i> states that the procedure is to either bring charges against the presiding officer for neglect of duty or abolish their term of office by amending the bylaws with due <a href="/wiki/Previous_notice" class="mw-redirect" title="Previous notice">notice</a> to all members; either of these methods requires a two-thirds vote.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Mason%27s_Manual" class="mw-redirect" title="Mason's Manual">Mason's Manual</a></i> provides, "A presiding officer who has been elected by the house may be removed by the house upon a majority vote of all the members elected, and a new presiding officer pro tempore elected and qualified. When there is no fixed term of office, an officer holds office at the pleasure of the body, or until a successor is elected and qualified."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives">In the U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In the U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>Resolved,</i> That the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives is hereby declared to be vacant.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>The effective words of a resolution declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.</cite></div></blockquote> <p>Under House Rule IX, a resolution declaring the office of <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the United States House of Representatives</a> vacant (informally referred to as a "motion to vacate") is considered <a href="/wiki/Privileged_motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Privileged motion">privileged</a>: once introduced on the floor by a member, the resolution must be put to a floor vote within two legislative days. In 2019, at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th Congress</a>, the rules were altered to prevent motions from qualifying as matters of privilege unless "offered on behalf of a <a href="/wiki/Congressional_caucus" title="Congressional caucus">party conference or caucus</a>." The 2019 rule change remained in place until 2023, when the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th Congress</a> reversed it.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A member can decide whether to introduce the motion to vacate on the floor or through the regular channels: the motion is only privileged in the first case. </p><p>In the history of the House of Representatives, there have been only four instances of a motion to vacate the chair being filed: one in March 1910 against <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Joe Cannon</a>, which failed;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one in July 2015 against <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a>, which was never put up to a vote; one in October 2023 against <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, which, unlike its predecessors, was successful; and one against <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Mike Johnson</a>, which failed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motions_filed">Motions filed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Motions filed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Attempt_to_remove_Joe_Cannon_(1910)"><span id="Attempt_to_remove_Joe_Cannon_.281910.29"></span>Attempt to remove Joe Cannon (1910)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Attempt to remove Joe Cannon (1910)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon#1910_rules_revolt" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Joseph Gurney Cannon § 1910 rules revolt</a></div> <p>On March 19, 1910, Republican Speaker <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Joe Cannon</a>, who had just faced a revolt by his caucus on a resolution weakening the Speaker's power over the Rules Committee, dared his opponents to try to vacate his Speakership; Democratic representative <a href="/wiki/Albert_Burleson" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Burleson">Albert Burleson</a> immediately proceeded to introduce a privileged resolution to that effect, which the House ended up rejecting by a majority of 37 (155 Ayes to 192 Noes). Some of the Republicans who opposed Cannon nonetheless voted against, fearing the risk of him being replaced by a Democratic Speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Filing_against_John_Boehner_(2015)"><span id="Filing_against_John_Boehner_.282015.29"></span>Filing against John Boehner (2015)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filing against John Boehner (2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/October_2015_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election#Speakership_and_resignation_of_John_Boehner" title="October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election">October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election § Speakership and resignation of John Boehner</a></div> <p>In July 2015, Republican representative <a href="/wiki/Mark_Meadows_(North_Carolina_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Meadows (North Carolina politician)">Mark Meadows</a> filed a resolution to vacate the Speakership of Republican <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a>. Since the motion was introduced through regular channels rather than on the floor, it was non-privileged<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-national-journal_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national-journal-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was referred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Rules" title="United States House Committee on Rules">Rules Committee</a> instead of being subject to an immediate vote by the full House.<sup id="cite_ref-national-journal_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-national-journal-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the resolution was never debated nor voted upon, and only gained 4 co-sponsors (<a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">Louie Gohmert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_B._Jones_Jr." title="Walter B. Jones Jr.">Walter Jones Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Massie" title="Thomas Massie">Thomas Massie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Yoho" title="Ted Yoho">Ted Yoho</a>), it nonetheless contributed to Boehner's decision to resign in September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_(2023)"><span id="Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_.282023.29"></span>Removal of Kevin McCarthy (2023)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Removal of Kevin McCarthy (2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House" title="Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House">Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House</a></div> <p>On October 2, 2023, Republican representative <a href="/wiki/Matt_Gaetz" title="Matt Gaetz">Matt Gaetz</a> filed a privileged resolution to vacate the office of Speaker, then held by Republican <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, after McCarthy negotiated with <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> to pass a <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_federal_budget" title="2024 United States federal budget">spending bill</a> that averted a <a href="/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States" title="Government shutdowns in the United States">government shutdown</a>; the bill was opposed by several Republican representatives because it did not include <a href="/wiki/Fiscally_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscally conservative">fiscally conservative</a> reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resolution to vacate was considered by the House on October 3.<sup id="cite_ref-Fortinsky1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortinsky1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cole" title="Tom Cole">Tom Cole</a>, chairman of the Republican-led <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Rules" title="United States House Committee on Rules">House Rules Committee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure)" title="Table (parliamentary procedure)">moved to table (kill) the resolution</a>, but his motion was rejected by a vote of 208–218. The House thus proceeded to consider the resolution, and, following one hour of debate (evenly divided between Gaetz and Cole), passed it by a vote of 216–210 (with Republicans <a href="/wiki/Andy_Biggs" title="Andy Biggs">Andy Biggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Burchett" title="Tim Burchett">Tim Burchett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Buck" title="Ken Buck">Ken Buck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eli_Crane" title="Eli Crane">Eli Crane</a>, Gaetz, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Good" title="Bob Good">Bob Good</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">Nancy Mace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosendale" title="Matt Rosendale">Matt Rosendale</a> voting in favor alongside all Democrats who were present); this was the first time in congressional history the House voted to remove its incumbent Speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Attempt_to_remove_Mike_Johnson_(2024)"><span id="Attempt_to_remove_Mike_Johnson_.282024.29"></span>Attempt to remove Mike Johnson (2024)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Attempt to remove Mike Johnson (2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 22, 2024, Republican representative <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> filed a resolution to remove <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Mike Johnson</a> as Speaker of the House, after the latter put up for a vote a <a href="/wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill#Minibus" title="Omnibus spending bill">minibus</a> <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_federal_budget#Second_minibus" title="2024 United States federal budget">spending bill</a> opposed by a majority of the <a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Conference" title="House Republican Conference">Republican Conference</a> (thereby violating the <a href="/wiki/Hastert_rule" title="Hastert rule">Hastert convention</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of April 19, the resolution had gained two co-sponsors (<a href="/wiki/Thomas_Massie" title="Thomas Massie">Thomas Massie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">Paul Gosar</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 8, 2024, Greene introduced a resolution to vacate the office of Speaker on the floor, forcing a vote on it within two legislative days.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives">Majority leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Scalise" title="Steve Scalise">Steve Scalise</a> immediately <a href="/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure)" title="Table (parliamentary procedure)">moved to table (kill)</a> the resolution; the House passed Scalise's motion by a vote of 359 to 43, effectively allowing Johnson to remain as Speaker. Several Democrats voted against removing Johnson because of the vital role he had played in providing funding for the federal government and for Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greene did not rule out forcing another vote to oust Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-right: 1em; background: #f9f9f9; text-align: right;"> <caption style="background-color: #f2f2f2; margin-bottom: -1px; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Motion to kill Greene's resolution<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" scope="col" style="width: 90px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 50px">Yes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 50px">No </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 50px"><a href="/wiki/Abstention" title="Abstention">Voted "Present"</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 70px">Not voting </th></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#E81B23;"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><b>196</b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>11</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Biggs" title="Andy Biggs">Andy Biggs</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Burlison" title="Eric Burlison">Eric Burlison</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Eli_Crane" title="Eli Crane">Eli Crane</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Davidson" title="Warren Davidson">Warren Davidson</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">Paul Gosar</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Massie" title="Thomas Massie">Thomas Massie</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mooney" title="Alex Mooney">Alex Mooney</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Moore_(Alabama_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barry Moore (Alabama politician)">Barry Moore</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">Chip Roy</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Spartz" title="Victoria Spartz">Victoria Spartz</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><b>163</b> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>32</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Barrag%C3%A1n" title="Nanette Barragán">Nanette Barragán</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman" title="Jamaal Bowman">Jamaal Bowman</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Casar" title="Greg Casar">Greg Casar</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">Joaquin Castro</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Yvette_D._Clarke" class="mw-redirect" title="Yvette D. Clarke">Yvette D. Clarke</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_E._Connolly" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald E. Connolly">Gerald E. Connolly</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Diana_DeGette" title="Diana DeGette">Diana DeGette</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Lloyd Doggett</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">Veronica Escobar</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/John_Garamendi" title="John Garamendi">John Garamendi</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">Sylvia Garcia</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)" title="Robert Garcia (California politician)">Robert Garcia</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Jimmy Gomez</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Harder" title="Josh Harder">Josh Harder</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Jackson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician)">Jonathan Jackson</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal" title="Pramila Jayapal">Pramila Jayapal</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Kamlager" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Kamlager">Sydney Kamlager</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee">Barbara Lee</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Summer_Lee" title="Summer Lee">Summer Lee</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Menendez" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Menendez">Robert Menendez</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ayanna_Pressley" title="Ayanna Pressley">Ayanna Pressley</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Delia_Ramirez" title="Delia Ramirez">Delia Ramirez</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Ryan_(politician)" title="Pat Ryan (politician)">Pat Ryan</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Gay_Scanlon" title="Mary Gay Scanlon">Mary Gay Scanlon</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib" title="Rashida Tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nydia_M._Vel%C3%A1zquez" class="mw-redirect" title="Nydia M. Velázquez">Nydia M. Velázquez</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Maxine_Waters" title="Maxine Waters">Maxine Waters</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Watson_Coleman" title="Bonnie Watson Coleman">Bonnie Watson Coleman</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nikema_Williams" title="Nikema Williams">Nikema Williams</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Maxwell Frost</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>7</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Judy Chu</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Chuy_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Chuy García">Chuy García</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ilhan_Omar" title="Ilhan Omar">Ilhan Omar</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pocan" title="Mark Pocan">Mark Pocan</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Takano" title="Mark Takano">Mark Takano</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Norma_J._Torres" class="mw-redirect" title="Norma J. Torres">Norma J. Torres</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Total votes </td> <td><b>359</b> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>21 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Considered_invocations">Considered invocations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Considered invocations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Consideration_against_Newt_Gingrich_(1997)"><span id="Consideration_against_Newt_Gingrich_.281997.29"></span>Consideration against Newt Gingrich (1997)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Consideration against Newt Gingrich (1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1997, four Republican Representatives considered using the motion to vacate against Speaker <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a> after he engaged in an ethics violation in January 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the Representatives did not invoke a motion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motion_to_vacate_the_chair&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vacated_judgment" title="Vacated judgment">Vacated judgment</a></li></ul> <div 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