Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
Shortly before the House began a two-week Easter/Passover break, members approved a package of spending bills that prevented a government shutdown. That news was quickly overshadowed, however, by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest provocative move. The Georgia Republican filed a motion to vacate on Friday, hoping to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, despite having denounced such an approach two months earlier.
They might be in the minority, but given the divided chamber, if even a small handful of Republicans voted to strip the House speaker of his gavel, and they were joined by members of the Democratic minority, Johnson would lose his leadership post. With this in mind, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told CNN that members of her conference could rescue the Louisiana Republican from his own party’s offensive, but the New York Democrat added, “I don’t think we do that for free.
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