Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a live threat to remove his gavel after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a procedural motion Friday that could ultimately force a floor vote on ousting him.
Greene, R-Ga., introduced her resolution to vacate the speaker’s chair right after the House passed a $1.2 trillion spending package under suspension of the rules, with far more Democratic than GOP support.
However, Greene did not invoke a procedure that would make the resolution privileged on the floor, so the two legislative-day clock for consideration of the measure has not yet started. The resolution would be taken up after the chamber returns from its two-week April recess at the earliest, and if successful, would throw the House back into leadership chaos for the second time in six months.
