A Senate agreement on a path forward for FAA reauthorization remains on standby, as Washington stares down a Friday deadline. Another procedural vote is slated for 1 p.m. as lawmakers continue work on the broader reauthorization. However, the House passed a one-week extension before leaving town Wednesday, offering the Senate a possible escape hatch. Even […]
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Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he felt betrayed by President Joe Biden after learning that he is willing to withhold offensive weapons to Israel and accused the president of reneging on the deal they made to pass aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan last month. Johnson also said he hoped that Biden’s threat to cut […]
Former President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to unite and not to go along with an effort by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to oust Speaker Mike Johnson — after the chamber already voted to table the attempt. “I absolutely love Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, his social networking […]
Almost all House Republicans joined with Democrats to table an effort by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from his position. The final tally: The vote was 359-43, with seven members voting present. Twenty-one members did not vote. The yeses: The bulk of both parties voted to table and dispense with […]
Speaker Mike Johnson beat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to end his speakership. The House voted overwhelmingly to table the so-called motion to vacate, with 11 Republicans voting to move forward on the attempt, including Greene. But support from a large swath of Democrats helped Johnson defeat it. It’s still unclear if Greene or other […]
Barely 24 hours after muddying her timeline, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) did it anyway – and lost big. Speaker Mike Johnson survived Greene’s first proposal to oust him, which was tabled on a lightning-quick 359-43 vote, with seven Democrats voting present. Only 10 conservatives voted alongside Greene to keep her speaker-firing push alive. It […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has officially started the clock on her doomed effort to hold a referendum on Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. The Georgia firebrand brought up the so-called motion to vacate as privileged, meaning GOP leadership is required to bring it up for a floor vote within two legislative days. It’s the second attempt […]
Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are leaning on President Joe Biden to explain any delay in sending weapons to Israel after the two collaborated on a bipartisan foreign aid bill last month. In a rare joint letter from the two Republican leaders, Johnson and McConnell said “security assistance to Israel is […]
Progressives in Congress hailed the administration’s pause on a shipment of bombs to Israel, with some crediting the pressure Democrats placed on President Joe Biden to get Israel to change the way it is waging war in Gaza. But lead Republicans were quick to condemn Biden, accusing him of appeasing his party’s fringe and undermining […]
Speaker Mike Johnson promoted legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections in a press conference Wednesday, flanked by conservatives who have repeatedly questioned the results of the last presidential contest. Johnson spoke alongside conservatives like Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), attorney Cleta Mitchell, Tea Party Patriots’ Jenny Beth Martin and […]