Republican Speaker Mike Johnson called an attempt to oust him from the job a “misguided effort” and said it would be the end of “frivolous character assassination”.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an effort by firebrand Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove fellowDemocrats joined Republicans in a 359-43 vote to protect Johnson’s speakership, in a bid to avoid a replay of the chaos that followed in October when Republicans ousted his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy., who had voiced support for Johnson and called the drive to oust him “unfortunate.
Johnson has angered many hardliners within his razor-thin 217-213 Republican majority this year, by enacting bipartisan spending measures to avoid government shutdowns and aid U.S. allies including Ukraine, without insisting on strict security measures for the US-Mexico border that Democrats reject. The US House defeated an effort by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove Speaker Mike Johnson, a fellow Republican, from his role
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