House Republican leaders are considering using debate over a $95 billion foreign aid package to add language that would raise the threshold required to vacate the speakership, Punchbowl News reported.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Tuesday he’s co-sponsoring a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to vacate the chair and remove Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from his position. Greene hasn’t sought a vote yet.

Current House rules allow that any member can trigger a vote to remove Johnson. The GOP’s 218-213 majority means that only a few Republicans would be needed to join Democrats in voting to vacate the speakership.

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