The agreement would increase the threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker.

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "We at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) congratulate ...