Pointing to the combination of an open border and declining confidence in elections, congressional Republicans are backing legislation to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. “Due to the wide-open border that the Biden administration has refused to close, practically engineered to open, we now have so many noncitizens in the country that if […]
In a historic vote, 163 Democrats voted to save Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson from a move to push him out by an ultra-right conservative who believes he capitulated to the left. The House voted 359-43 to table a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to vacate the chair, which would have stripped […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative hardliner opposed to bipartisan legislation ushered through the House by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, moved to oust him Wednesday using an arcane motion that will force a vote on his speakership. Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, said Mr. Johnson had “relied on majority-Democrat support” to pass critical legislation, including a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled legislation to stop illegal immigrants and noncitizens from voting in federal elections since Democrats are trying to skirt laws preventing such ballot moves. Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, first teased the measure in April when he flew to former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida. The measure and Mr. Johnson’s messaging echo […]
Two hard-line conservatives leading the charge to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson have backed off from an attempt to push him out this week as they face pressure by former President Donald Trump. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, and Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, held their second meeting in two days on Tuesday with Mr. […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday insisted that he was not negotiating with hard-line conservatives trying to oust him, despite a nearly two-hour meeting with them a day earlier to hear their demands. Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, is set to again meet with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday. He so far managed to forestall […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson has temporarily stalled a political coup attempt by a trio of conservative hard-liners after negotiating for nearly two hours with their ringleader, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Ms. Greene told reporters she will hold a second meeting with Mr. Johnson on Tuesday morning. The Georgia Republican is threatening to use an arcane […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet Monday afternoon with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia conservative who plans to call up a vote to remove him this week. A top GOP aide told The Washington Times that the two will meet ahead of Monday night’s roll call votes, which will be the first opportunity for […]
A Republican lawmaker shared a video where he praised counter-protesters at the University of Mississippi who made racist taunts toward a Black woman. About two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the Ole Miss campus on Thursday, but they were quickly outnumbered when a group of hundreds of counter-protesters came to demonstrate against them. A video […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, hobbled by a one-vote majority and dogged by a small band of disgruntled archconservatives who want to fire him, is determined to defy his critics and remain speaker in the next Congress. He is also adamant that he is incrementally advancing a conservative agenda while battling a Democratic-run Senate and White […]
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