WASHINGTON — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual – spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last fall. It’s just the latest example of how money […]
WASHINGTON — It was Donald Trump who bestowed the “MAGA Mike Johnson” nickname on the House speaker the day he won the gavel. It is the Republican speaker himself who is proving whether it sticks. Johnson survived an ouster vote this week by one of Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she never promised further votes to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from his leadership post if lawmakers tabled her motion to vacate the chair. Ms. Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, standing next to Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, told reporters this when asked whether she planned additional motions to vacate the chair […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has initiated the process to vote on the removal of House Speaker Mike Johnson. The House now has a two-day window to vote on her motion to vacate, marking the second time in seven months there’s been an attempt to oust the speaker from within the Republican Party. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that she will call for a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson next week. Greene initially filed a motion to vacate in late March over disagreements with Johnson’s latest appropriations plan. The Georgia Republican detailed her plan to advance her efforts to remove Johnson during a press […]
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