Mike Johnson faces Republican-led ouster vote as Congress returns this week – live

Mike Johnson faces Republican-led ouster vote as Congress returns this week – live

Though Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort against the House speaker is likely to fail, she plans to use the vote to show that Mike Johnson relies on Democrats to keep his job

House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove Mike Johnson

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene will meet privately with the House speaker this afternoon, CNN is reporting. As previously mentioned, the reported summit comes as Greene is pressing ahead with a removal vote against Johnson, who is all-but certain to survive with the help of Democrats. Greene has been vague on when exactly she would trigger the motion.

During the meeting, Johnson will conceivably try to persuade Greene of what he has argued publicly: that the vote won’t end in his removal and is only likely to inflict further political damage on their already turbulent majority.

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