House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi seems to be facing opposition within her own party. It is being reported that a group of 10 Democrats has signed a petition against Pelosi becoming Speaker of the House if the Democrats take control in November.

According to Fox News:

A rebel group of Democrats in the U.S. House is pushing a petition to change party rules for electing their speaker — in what is viewed as a bid to stop current House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from regaining her former role.

At least 10 anti-Pelosi Democrats have signed a letter addressed to Caucus Chair Joe Crowley that seeks to change the rules on how the Democratic candidate for the speaker of the House is elected, the Atlantic magazine reported.

Currently, a nominee needs to receive just the majority of the votes from the Democratic caucus to be put forward as a candidate to the whole U.S. House for a vote. This gives leeway for Democrats running in red states as they can distance themselves from the California Democrat and even vote against her without actually stopping her bid.

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But the rebel Democrats are seeking to change the process. The letter asks to change the caucus’ rules so that the next nominee would have to get at least 218 votes in the caucus, a majority of the full House, if Democrats have the majority of the seats.

The rule change will be voted on next week. If it passes it makes Pelosi’s path to becoming Speaker again a lot more difficult.