Facing Right-Wing Revolt Over Foreign Aid Plan, Johnson Says He Won't Resign
by The Fiscal Times
The Fiscal Times— Yuval RosenbergApril 16, 2024House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Tuesday that he will not give up his gavel after a second member of his
KIFI—Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on Johnson to resign after foreign aid bills pass: ‘If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated’. CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday said House Speaker Mike Johnson “betrayed” Republican voters after the House approved new aid to Ukraine, threatening to call a vote for his ouster if he doesn’t resign. “Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to
POLITICO—Biden gets behind Johnson’s foreign aid plan. Passage would mark a major win for the president, who is desperate to get munitions to Ukraine.
CNN—Johnson won’t change rules over removing him from speakership after hardliners revolt. Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership, after hardliners reacted with fury to a proposed change to House rules. “Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Johnson wrote on X. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand the importance of that idea, any rule...