After four short months as Speaker, a motion has been filed against Speaker Mike Johnson.
This motion was filed by Representative Majorie Taylor Greene.
Greene was motivated to take this step based on Johnson’s actions with the Omnibus Bill.
The House Omnibus bill passed with a 286-134 vote, which is sufficient for the 2/3 vote. This bill ultimately avoids a government shutdown by providing funds until September 30th.
Unsurprisingly, many Republicans heavily opposed the Omnibus Bill.
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: $1.2 TRILLION OMNIBUS BILL PASSES HOUSE – HEADS TO SENATE
House passed the $1.2 trillion spending bill, sending it to the Senate hours before the shutdown.
Nays:
112 Republicans
22 DemocratsSource: CSPAN https://t.co/CcmjOfiNHe pic.twitter.com/qNbbrQs20H
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 22, 2024
Even more have shown their frustration of the Omnibus Bill on X:
Prediction: this omnibus bill will pass with many 'Republicans' voting yes.
They have been bought and/or compromised. We all see it.
— Wags 🇺🇸 (@TheWagsReport) March 22, 2024
https://twitter.com/Mavjonesdotcom/status/1771207842000720077
THE #OMNIBUS BILL IS A #PELOSI #BloodBath
It Has Enough Crap In It To Finish Off #America!
CALL YOUR @GOP REPS AND TELL THEM HELL NO ON THE BULLSHIT BILL !
Any #Republicans Vote For This Atrocity Must Be Primered Out Of Congress
ON THERE A$$ !
NO MORE !
FLOOD THE PHONE LINES! pic.twitter.com/3BXoTZfASl— Mr. Fiat (@MrFiat2) March 21, 2024
🚨🚨HELLO REPUBLICANS….@GOPMajorityWhip Tom Emmer sent out an email telling @HouseGOP to VOTE YES in support of the Omnibus Bill! @SpeakerJohnson and the leadership team ARE NOT on our side! Tell them what you think of this complete betrayal. Copy of email below. https://t.co/x0gGibyGJE
— Teri Batts (@battst76) March 21, 2024
Every single Republican that votes for this Omnibus bill needs to be voted out of office. Period. #Congress #Senate. #corruption #BidenWorstPresidentEver #Republicans
— Cheryl Williams (@CherylAWilliams) March 22, 2024
CBS News adds comments from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene:
The Georgia Republican said she has no timeline for calling the resolution, known as a motion to vacate, for a vote and said it’s “more of a warning and a pink slip.” If and when she does seek recognition, the House would have two legislative days to act on the motion.
“I’m not saying that it won’t happen in two weeks or it won’t happen in a month or who knows when, but I am saying the clock has started,” Greene said. “It’s time for our conference to choose a new speaker.”
“Republicans had the power of the purse. This was our power. This was our leverage,” she told reporters outside the Capitol after the vote on the legislative package. “This was our chance to secure the border, and he didn’t do it.”
“We need real leaders that know how to fight, that know how to walk in a room and don’t get rolled by the deep state and don’t get rolled by the Democrats and don’t get rolled into doing whatever it takes to maintain that power and position,” she said. “We need a speaker of the House that actually represents the people.”
Many have taken to X to display their displeasure of the Republican
House Speaker:
Every time I start thinking there is hope for this Country, if we get enough Republicans elected, more RINOs step out of the shadows, like those who approved the Omnibus Bill this morning.
— DonahuePapa (@DonahuePapa) March 22, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson is now officially out of compliance with the Agreement by not allowing 72 hours to read this disaster minibus bill
This was the Agreement:
• Allow 72 hours to read a bill
• Jeffersonian Motion to vacate the chair. This allows a SINGLE PERSON to make the… https://t.co/vcM5gLqJgg pic.twitter.com/h8v725XTVJ— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) March 21, 2024
Coincidentally, Johnson took the position as Speaker from Kevin McCarthy, in an extremely similar situation.
NBC News discusses the how the process would proceed:
It was not immediately clear how the House would act on her motion, which requires just a majority vote to remove the speaker. Greene, R-Ga., did not file the motion as privileged — which would force a vote within two legislative days — but instead as a regular motion, which could be referred to a committee, where it would likely languish.
Greene told reporters that the motion to vacate was “more of a warning than a pink slip,” saying she does not want to “throw the House into chaos,” like the three and a half weeks that the chamber was without a speaker when McCarthy was ousted.
The House is set to leave for a two-week recess on Friday and won’t consider the motion until after it returns, an official familiar with the process told NBC News. The House will return to session on April 9.
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It is unclear whether Johnson will be ousted from his position, but needless to say, he is on the hot seat.
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