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Marjorie Taylor Greene Gave Mike Johnson a Two-Week Chaos Notice

The speaker got the House to fund the government. Greene called it a betrayal.

Mike Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a potential ouster after passing a government spending measure with Democratic support. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

House Speaker Mike Johnson is going home after ushering through a bill that funds the government through the rest of the year. But come April, after Congress’ two-week recess, he could very well be out of his job for it.

Some House Republicans are done with Johnson, outraged by the $1.2 trillion funding bill he negotiated with Senate Democrats and the White House to avoid a partial government shutdown this week.

“Speaker Johnson has betrayed our conference and broken our rules,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told reporters on Friday. Greene filed a motion to vacate the speaker just minutes before the House voted to pass the spending bill.