And just like that…
Rep. Greene (R-Ga) and other RightWingNuts are out of business in their effort to oust their parties Speaker Mike Johnson from doing his job of helping get legislation passed in Congress…
It probably will also isolate the hard right faction for the next 6 months and could also seperate Johnson & Co. from Trump’s interferance on SOME policy manner’s…Not All….
House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they will protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential conservative coup, all but ensuring the Speaker will keep the gavel through the remainder of the term.
The proclamation from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (Mass.) and caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (Calif.) is a remarkable development in the turbulent Speaker saga that’s hobbled the GOP’s governing majority from the earliest days of the 118th Congress — an unprecedented promise by the minority party to prop up an opposing leader for the sake of stabilizing chamber business.
Their announcement serves as a response to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) threat to oust Johnson over a series of deals he’s cut with President Biden, most recently on federal spending, government surveillance and aid to Ukraine.
Greene’s resolution, introduced more than a month ago, has been endorsed by only two other GOP Johnson critics — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) — and a number of rank-and-file Democrats have been vowing for months that they would shield the Speaker from an internal revolt if he ushered those bills through the chamber.
The new backing from Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar means not only that those Democrats have political cover to cross the aisle to rescue Johnson, but the numbers will almost certainly swell, insulating the Speaker from Greene’s ouster effort….
Update…
“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is vowing to move ahead with a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), even after Democratic leaders said they would shield the Louisiana Republican from a conservative coup,” The Hill reports.
Said Greene: “If the Democrats want to elect him Speaker (and some Republicans want to support the Democrats’ chosen Speaker), I’ll give them the chance to do it. I’m a big believer in recorded votes because putting Congress on record allows every American to see the truth and provides transparency to our votes.”
She added: “Americans deserve to see the Uniparty on full display. I’m about to give them their coming out party!”
Update…..
Greene, who said she would go ahead with an effort to contest Johnson as House Speaker has NOT today…..::
Is Johnson a “ moderate “ James?
Pragmatic I’d say Jack…….
His policies comment’s are NOT moderate