A third House Republican has signed onto an effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from power, giving his opponents the votes they'd need to remove the Republican leader unless Democrats stepped in to save him.
Senate Republicans did not appreciate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) attempt to pour cold water on their effort to pass $60 billion in funding for Ukraine and are now ratcheting up pressure on him to bring the bill to the House floor. Johnson took the unusual step of panning the Senate bill Monday evening, moments before…
The US Senate is unlikely to have enough Republican votes for a procedural vote on a bill to tighten migration policy, which also includes additional funding for Ukraine. Source: European Pravda with reference to The Hill Details: The Senate will vote on an accelerated consideration of the bill with a compromise on migration regulation and additional spending on national security (the so-called cloture motion) on Wednesday, 7 February.
Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson faced his first direct challenge from his own caucus on Wednesday, as hardline conservatives blocked a Republican bill to protest his bipartisan spending deal with top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer. A dozen far-right Republicans, mostly members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, joined Democrats to defeat an unrelated measure allowing debate and votes on passage of Republican resolutions opposing Biden policies on electric vehicles and other topics. Members of the House of Representatives group, who hope to impose lower spending and border restrictions, said they were voting to protest Johnson's $1.59 trillion top-line spending deal with Schumer, which has raised hopes that lawmakers can avert a partial government shutdown in just over a week.