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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 19, 2024

Dems save Johnson's $95B foreign aid plan from GOP rebel blockade

The House of Representatives is teeing up a vote on four individual foreign aid bills after they survived a key test vote on Friday.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 19, 2024

House takes key test vote for Johnson’s $95B foreign aid plan after Dems help it advance

Democrats are almost certainly expected to be needed for Speaker Johnson's foreign aid proposal to clear a House-wide test vote on Friday.

POLITICS April 18, 2024

Mike Johnson: The wartime Speaker battling on multiple fronts

Republicans again are considering ousting the Speaker of the House of Representatives; will the House GOP successfully remove Mike Johnson from his title?

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2024

Tensions erupt on House floor as conservatives confront Johnson on $95B foreign aid plan

Tensions over the House foreign aid proposal erupted on Thursday when a group of House Republicans got into a confrontation over conservatives' pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2024

Freedom Caucus chair who ousted McCarthy distances himself from push to boot Johnson

A notable critic of Speaker Mike Johnson and the leader of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus is distancing himself from the push to oust the embattled Louisiana Republican.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2024

GOP rebels derail Johnson's border security pitch over fury at $95B foreign aid plan

A late Wednesday evening meeting to advance a border security bill through the House Rules Committee ended amid conservative rebels' objections to the measure and Speaker Johnson's foreign aid bill.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2024

House Dems 'very open' to saving Johnson speakership from GOP rebels

Several House Democrats who spoke with Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Digital suggested there could be a way for House Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal with Democrats to save his gavel amid a renewed ouster threat.

OPINION April 17, 2024

Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is all about drama queen energy and antics. But there is so much at stake in 2024. Defeating Biden is the real goal, not burning down the House.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2024

'Definition of insanity': Frustrated House Republicans blast GOP rebels' threat to oust Johnson

House Republicans are distancing themselves from the effort by two GOP lawmakers to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2024

Johnson likely forced to get Dem help on foreign aid plan as Republicans decry lack of border measures

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing opposition to his foreign aid plan from Republicans calling for border security measures.

POLITICS April 16, 2024

Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War will lie in honor at the US Capitol

Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, will lie in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Congress' leaders announced on Tuesday.