{"id":2234373,"date":"2024-05-01T09:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-moves-ahead-with-vote-to-oust-johnson-despite-democrats-rescue-plan\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:38:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:38:28","slug":"mtg-moves-ahead-with-vote-to-oust-johnson-despite-democrats-rescue-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-moves-ahead-with-vote-to-oust-johnson-despite-democrats-rescue-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG Proceeds with Vote to Remove Johnson Despite Democrats&#8217; Rescue Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmtg-moves-ahead-with-vote-to-oust-johnson-despite-democrats-rescue-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Marjorie\u200c Taylor Greene (R-GA) persists in\u2062 her plan\u200c to call for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officers-issue-vote-of-no-confidence-for-top-leadership\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officers Issue Vote Of No Confidence For Top Leadership\">confidence vote<\/a> on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), despite \u200bDemocratic leaders&#8217; pledges to intervene\u2063 if the matter\u2064 reaches the House floor. \u200dThe motion is scheduled for next week, with\u2064 Greene \u2063urging GOP \u200dleaders to\u2063 bring it to a \u2064vote within two legislative days. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-justice-department-drops-discrimination-lawsuit-against-yale\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Justice Department Drops Discrimination Lawsuit Against Yale\">move signifies<\/a> \u2064a significant showdown within the Republican Conference.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) will move forward with plans to force a confidence vote on Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) despite assurances from Democratic leaders to step in to block the effort should it come to the House floor. <\/p>\n<p>Greene will call the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-board-moves-to-give-itself-power-to-oust-sheriff-from-office\/\" title=\"L.A. County Board Moves To Give Itself Power To Oust Sheriff From Office\">motion forward<\/a> next week, putting a notice on the legislation that would require GOP leaders to bring it to the floor within two legislative days, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Georgia\">Georgia<\/a> Republican announced on Wednesday. Such a move would tee up the motion for a vote when lawmakers return next week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201dI\u2019m excited about it. And also can\u2019t wait to see my Republican conference show their cards and show who we are. Because voters deserve it,\u201d Greene said. <\/p>\n<p>Greene pointed to Johnson\u2019s tenure as speaker over the last six months, arguing that despite once being a hard-liner himself, the top Republican has since moved to advance Democratic priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a Speaker Mike Johnson that we all \u2014 by the way, I elected him. I voted for that man,\u201d Greene said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a choice of America. It was a choice within our Republican Conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I entered a motion to vacate, but I didn\u2019t call it for a vote. I was controlled. I was responsible,\u201d she added. \u201cI was being conscious and caring about my conference and our majority. It was a warning to stop serving the Democrats and support our Republican Conference and support our agenda. And he didn\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes nearly one month after Greene initially filed the motion, holding it over Johnson\u2019s head as he plotted a path forward on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">foreign aid<\/a> and other key pieces of legislation. Since then, two other Republicans co-sponsored Greene\u2019s motion, including Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who was also at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Massie has repeatedly called on Johnson to resign voluntarily, giving Republicans an opportunity to choose a new speaker without repeating the three-week period in October when the House went without a speaker and all floor action was stalled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she\u2019s gone about this in a very reasonable way,\u201d Massie said. \u201cShe\u2019s given the speaker multiple chances to resign to lean, and instead, he\u2019s clinging to power by clinging to Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has remained defiant not to do so, telling reporters last month: \u201cI am not resigning. And it is, in my view, an absurd notion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as House Democratic leadership came out against the motion to vacate on Tuesday, vowing to table the legislation should it come to the floor. That decision gives Johnson considerable cover because several House Republicans have also expressed opposition to removing the speaker \u2014 possibly making the motion dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Greene has refused to back down from her threats, saying she would give Democrats \u201cthe chance\u201d to elect him as their speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans hold a slim majority of 217-213, meaning the party can only afford to lose one vote on any given measure to pass the lower chamber if all Democrats vote to table the motion. Although it\u2019s possible to have a handful of Democratic defections, there appears to be a substantial number of Republicans to tank the measure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere just isn\u2019t a will amongst the conference to something that drastic,\u201d Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) said. \u201cI mean, clearly, there are members that are dissatisfied, but that\u2019s nothing new to Capitol Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys are the only ones talking about that right now,\u201d Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said. \u201cI mean, mostly our constituents are \u2014 they\u2019re mad about the [foreign aid] vote, but they want us to, you know, unite with purpose and go beat Democrats in the fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Greene has refused to back down from her threat to force a vote on the matter, putting her GOP colleagues in a tough position as they stare down a vote next week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) persists in pushing for a confidence vote on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), defying Democratic assurances of intervention to thwart the House floor initiative. Greene schedules the motion for next week, issuing a notice on the impending legislation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2234374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102538101273.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102538101273.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}