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...Greene’s move comes on the eve of a two-week recess during which the House is not expected to be in session, but the push will plunge the chamber’s Republicans back into turmoil....
...Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie on Tuesday said he would join Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, another firebrand Republican and Donald Trump ally, in pushing forward a “motion to vacate”...
...Tellingly, Johnson refused to meet Cameron on his latest trip to Washington this week....
...The US Senate is expected to approve the package early next week....
...Aid could start reaching Ukraine as early as this week....
...Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrats’ leader in the House, said on Friday that his party had “cleared the way” for the legislation, helping it overcome opposition from “pro-Putin MAGA extremists” such as Marjorie...
...Johnson’s speakership has been on shaky ground for weeks, since Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, an outspoken opponent of Ukraine aid, threatened to trigger a vote of no confidence in his leadership...
...Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand congresswoman from Georgia, launched a bid to oust Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House, who has only been in the job since October....
...Johnson’s leadership is on shaky ground after Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, threatened to hold a vote of no confidence in the speaker....
...Cameron said in a video last week that he would see Johnson and urge him to find a way forward on the Ukraine aid package....
...Marjorie Taylor Greene, the flame-throwing Republican congresswoman, has threatened to use the same manoeuvre that led to McCarthy’s departure to force a vote to remove Johnson....
...A plot of this complexity requires absolute precision, but we are confident that by this time next week American democracy will be safe....
...Goldman Sachs reckons the shutdown would shave 0.2 per cent off quarterly annualised GDP growth for each week it endures. The last one, from late December 2018 to late January 2019, lasted 35 days....
...“We’ve been working nonstop to establish an immediate ceasefire that would last for at least six weeks,” he said....
...wafer-thin majority in the House, Johnson will almost certainly rely on Democratic support in order to pass the bills, especially as several isolationist members of his own party, led by Georgia congresswoman Marjorie...
...Lucy Fisher The reaction there from rightwing Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to David Cameron’s intervention in US politics this week....
...Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump ally, said she had opposed Emmer’s candidacy because he had voted in favour of policies she opposed, including a gay marriage bill, funding for Ukraine...
...Asked whether anyone could get enough votes this week to become Speaker, California Republican David Valadao replied: “That’s a good question. I don’t know.”...
...Marjorie Hass, the former head of Rhodes College who now runs the Council of Independent Colleges, pointed to the magnifying effect of social media....
...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...
...The election for the next Speaker is not expected to be held until next week....
...The abrupt downfall of the former Speaker last week has created disarray in the House....
...House members were advised on Tuesday night that no further votes were expected this week, meaning a Speaker will not be elected until next week, at the earliest....
...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....
...At the same time, Trump will almost certainly make headlines this week in Fulton county, Georgia, where he said he will voluntarily surrender to authorities after being indicted last week on 13 criminal...
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