President Biden pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass the Senate’s sweeping foreign aid and border security package now that Congress has finished funding the government. The Senate passed the $95 billion last month, which includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, but so far Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, has not brought the bill […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Friday said his successor’s struggles and the withering House Republican majority began when he was axed last year. Republicans started their majority in the House with a small majority in 2023, but even that’s been sanded down to two votes as lawmakers, including Mr. McCarthy, have escaped while blaming […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to remove Mike Johnson from the House speakership on Friday, but it doesn’t look like the Louisiana Republican will be going anywhere anytime soon. Johnson won the speakership in October after former California Rep. Kevin McCarthy found himself on the receiving end of the same type of motion. This […]
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed a motion to remove the gavel from House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday morning after she categorized the GOP’s handling of its slim majority as an abject failure. The motion, and the displeasure of other conservatives with Johnson, could see the Louisiana Republican ousted after four months […]
On Friday, the House voted 286-134 in favor of a comprehensive $1.2 trillion government funding bill to avert a government shutdown. The bill now goes to the Senate. “All 100 senators will need to greenlight a vote to pass the bill before the midnight deadline,” explains NBC News. “If […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday pushed to boot House Speaker Mike Johnson the same way his predecessor lost his job. It comes down to Mr. Johnson‘s handling of the spending fight and southern border security. Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, filed a motion to vacate against the speaker in the middle of the House’s vote […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress. What better way for Netanyahu to counter Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s completely inappropriate and disgraceful speech he delivered that encouraged Israel to hold an election while Israel is at war? Schumer […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has agreed to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress. “We will certainly extend that invitation,” Johnson said on CNBC. Johnson said that Netanyahu had invited him to speak before the Israeli Knesset, adding that it would […]
Rep. Chip Roy blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson for the sprawling $1.2 trillion spending package, saying the speaker “blew it” and that passing the bill will risk the GOP’s majority in the House. Mr. Roy, Texas Republican, has long decried colossal spending bills and called for a yearlong funding patch to secure steep spending cuts […]
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday hailed Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s recent criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The California Democrat called remarks by Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, for new elections and Mr. Netanyahu’s ouster over his handling of the war against Hamas an “act of courage.” “The prime minister’s […]
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