Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pushing back against reports that he is considering changing the House rules to alter the threshold required for discharge petitions .

Johnson told Fox News Digital that he will not seek to change the rules around discharge petitions, a method rank-and-file lawmakers can use to circumvent House leadership that Republicans have called a “tool of the minority.” But he told the outlet it is not something he is focusing on.

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