House Speaker Mike Johnson survives challenge from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
The House overwhelmingly voted to kill a move by Republican hard-liners aimed at ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saving an unlikely speaker of an unruly House six months after GOP lawmakers moved to oust his predecessor.
Only 11 Republicans supported the move to “table” a measure by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), while 196 Republicans embraced keeping Johnson in the speaker’s job. Democrats also overwhelmingly voted to save the GOP speaker, 163 in support of keeping him and 32 against doing so. The overall vote was 359 to 43, with 7 Democratic lawmakers voting present.