Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced that she is forcing a vote on her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.
The House of Representatives now has two workdays to act on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Greene, R-Ga., has been threatening to force a vote on taking Johnson's gavel since late March in protest of his handling of government funding and foreign aid.
The vote is a culmination of six months' worth of frustration from the most right-wing conservatives in Johnson's conference, who have felt sidelined by him on nearly all critical legislation including foreign aid and government funding, during which they demanded he leverage a government shutdown to force the Democrats who controlled the Senate and White House to pass Republican policies. Greene's push got two more backers in Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.
With just a razor-thin majority of two seats, it would take little dissent for Johnson to lose the top House job if it fell along party lines. Eight House Republicans had voted with all Democrats to oust McCarthy in early October.
The move could save Johnson's job, but could also cost him some Republican support. Massie told Fox News Digital last week when asked about how much GOP backing he expected, 'I think it's a kinetic situation. And Hakeem and the entire Democrat leadership team endorsing Mike Johnson is going to cause a lot of people who weren't with us, to be with us.' Johnson, for his part, has repeatedly told reporters that he's not afraid of Greene's threats and has insisted his focus is on governing.
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