Speaker Mike Johnson is being praised for his courage but also being criticized for using Democratic votes to pass foreign aid legislation in the House.
Those sentiments were on full display on Friday following the procedural rule vote to bring the four-pronged foreign aid proposal to the floor for a vote Saturday. It passed, 316 to 94, but over 50 House Republicans— a procedure that historically passes along party lines but has recently been weaponized by some GOP members to stall any legislation with which they do not agree.
“He said he was going to do this, and I think that he has migrated from a backbencher to a leader,” Himes said to reporters. “You know, and the definition of leadership that I think is most functional around here is, you know, disappointing your supporters at a sustainable rate. And I think that he sort of stepped up to be a leader.”
Rep. Eli Crane , who voted against the rule Friday, admitted that Johnson is in a “tight spot” but accused him of catering to the “swamp” of Washington politics. Whether Republicans wait until November to hold a leadership election or vacate the chair now remains to be seen. Greene could file her motion to vacate as early as Saturday, leaving him a choice to resign or stand for a vote in which Democrats could save his speakership.
“He’s taken a lot of heat, and to his credit, he stepped up to the job. Who else wanted it? I don’t see a line of people wanting to be speaker at this point,” the congressman continued. “Funding Ukraine divides the country. It divides Republicans tremendously, divides the Republican conference as evidenced by the vote today just a moment ago. And so that should not be our starting point, to do what the Democrats want to do,” Good said.
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