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...Greene had hoped to replicate the successful push in October by hardline Republicans to oust the previous Speaker, Kevin McCarthy....
...The latest furore over Johnson’s fate as Speaker comes just six months after Republican lawmakers backed the Louisiana congressman for the job as an unexpected compromise after the removal of Kevin McCarthy...
...Johnson, a congressman from Louisiana, was only elected Speaker last October after a Trump-aligned faction of lawmakers ousted Kevin McCarthy after he struck a deal with Democrats to keep the government...
...But Marjorie Taylor Greene, the pro-Trump Georgia Republican, rushed to his defence....
...It is the same legislative manoeuvre that Matt Gaetz, another rightwing member, used last year to oust fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy....
...Greene has threatened to introduce a “motion to vacate”, which would trigger a vote of no confidence in the Speaker....
...It was no small feat for the little-known legislator from Louisiana, after weeks of infighting that started with Kevin McCarthy’s ousting and exposed deep fissures in the party....
...that led to the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker last year....
...Matt Gaetz, the firebrand Republican congressman from Florida, has moved to oust the Speaker of the House of Representatives, setting the stage for a dramatic vote within 48 hours to determine Kevin McCarthy...
...“Matt Gaetz made a lot of good points today,” said Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican congresswoman from Georgia who was among McCarthy’s loudest supporters....
...Scalise is vying to fill the top House leadership post after eight rebel members of his party led an unprecedented revolt against Kevin McCarthy last week....
...Viral artists such as Gaetz, Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Colorado’s Lauren Boebert can rake in as much as that in 48 hours....
...McCarthy has been facing rising heat from the right flank of the Republican party, including Georgia’s firebrand lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene....
...For Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House Speaker, it is a moment of truth....
...Some hardline Republican House members, including Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, suggested that Trump, the current frontrunner for the party’s nomination for president in 2024, should enter the race....
...The abrupt downfall of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week has created chaos in the House, leaving the lower chamber unable to do anything of consequence....
...Some hardline Republican House members, notably Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, have made the far-fetched suggestion that Donald Trump, the former president, throw his hat in the ring....
...“We need a Republican Speaker that reflects the values of Republican voters that can lead our conference,” Greene wrote on X....
...Kevin McCarthy was in celebration mode on Wednesday night after convincing lawmakers to pass his deal with President Joe Biden to avoid a US debt default....
...Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Speaker of the House, has a tendency to liken himself to Babe Ruth, the American baseball legend....
...Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican House member from Georgia, has vowed on X, formerly Twitter, to oppose funding packages for both Ukraine and Israel, saying that securing the border with Mexico and...
...Several Trump advisers and allies are expected to attend the debate in Wisconsin and be in the “spin room” for reporters after the event, including Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene....
...Today’s McCarthy — Kevin, the Republican Speaker of the House — is merely the patsy of other menaces....
...What I call the kamikaze caucus, led by Matt Gaetz, defenestrated Kevin McCarthy with the single member “motion to vacate” on October 3....
...But while public opinion polling suggests a slim majority of Americans are sticking with Biden in the stand-off with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, analysts warn his political edge is fragile:...
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