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Burning Down the House with Molly Reynolds

The Lawfare Podcast

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The House of Representatives Is Paralyzed Until the Speaker Is Sworn In

In the absence of rules for the 118th Congress, House is operating under what we call general parliamentary law. But because current House precedents and practices kind of lay out the steps as we're following this week, it would be possible to change them, but you would need a majority to do so. "There are there are ways that we could probably operate differently," he says.

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