Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics, with a focus on elections and Capitol Hill. She joined Forbes in 2022 and is based in New York.
Congress will vote within the next two legislative days whether to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , R-Ga., on Wednesday made good on her promise to trigger the process for ousting Johnson—an effort that’s all but certain to fail as Johnson has bipartisan support among House members.with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson , R-La., in the Capitol on Monday.
Greene was an ally to McCarthy and opposed the revolt against him brought by a small coalition of hard-right lawmakers who leveraged Republicans’ slim majority in the House to force McCarthy out. Greene has expressed anger at Johnson over bills he has pushed through the House with Democrats’ support, including the fiscal year 2024 budget and, more recently, the $95 billion foreign aid package that included $61 billion in funding for Ukraine, which Greene staunchly opposes.
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