House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), under threat of resignation motion, faces Democratic challenge because he does not have enough Republican votes to pass rules to consolidate separate foreign aid bills for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine. Please ask for help.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Tuesday morning that they would violate the rule.
Mr Biggs said he supported Mr Johnson’s original plan “announced at the meeting to allow the House of Commons to vote separately on various support measures”. But his announced intention since then to consolidate them before sending them to the Senate is incorrect. ”
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I supported the plan announced by Speaker Johnson at the conference to allow the House to vote separately on various support measures. But his subsequently announced intention to consolidate them before sending them to the Senate is wrong.— Rep. Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 16, 2024
“Israel’s funds should not be held hostage by Ukrainian funds. The American people have a right to know where their senators stand on each element of funding,” Biggs continued.
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MIRV (the process used to consolidate bills) is just as ridiculous as ranked choice voting. The least popular option wins.— Rep. Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 16, 2024
He claimed that the Multiple Impact Reentry Vehicle Rule (MIRV) used to combine separate bills is “as ridiculous as ranked choice voting.” The least popular option wins. ”
FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram Note Under MIRV, the House would “vote on four separate foreign aid bills that would then be combined into one for efficiency purposes before sending the package to the Senate.”invoice include It includes aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, as well as “additional aid to Ukraine through a Russian asset confiscation program and ‘lease’ program.”
Similarly, Green indicated to X that he was not in favor of consolidating the bills under MIRV.
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No, I am not going to vote for the rules on Prime Minister Johnson’s bill that would provide billions more in funding for Ukraine and other foreign wars.
When Joe Biden signs HR2 and Schumer holds the Mayorkas impeachment trial in the Senate, I will only agree to vote yes on this rule.
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— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 16, 2024
“No, I will not vote for the rules on Prime Minister Johnson’s package of bills that would provide billions more in funding for Ukraine and other foreign wars,” she wrote.
“If Joe Biden signs HR2 and Schumer holds a Mayorkas impeachment trial in the Senate, I would agree to vote yes on this rule only,” she quipped.
She accused Johnson of adopting what she sees as a “dirty quagmire strategy” and capitulating to the Democratic Party.
“Speaker Johnson is not holding the Democrats accountable, he is not leading the Republican majority, and he is actually accepting all the demands of the Democrats. And he is America’s last agenda item. using dirty mud tactics to push forward,” she wrote.
Because the Republican majority is just one vote, Johnson will have to work with Democrats to pass rules that would hold up the vote.
But Johnson faced a new and bigger challenge early Tuesday when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced he would support Greene’s motion to step down as speaker. It’s the same mechanism used by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October, leaving him out of the chair for weeks before Johnson took the gavel. The House of Representatives followed.
“He should (like Mr. Boehner) announce his resignation in advance so a new chair can be chosen without leaving the Republican chair,” Massey wrote in a post on X.
I just told Mike Johnson at the meeting that I support his motion to resign. @RepMTG.
He should announce his resignation in advance (as Mr. Boehner did) so that a new chair can be elected without losing the Republican chair.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 16, 2024
Early Tuesday morning, Massey was highly critical of Johnson on several bills, including the Intelligence Reform and Securing America Act (RISAA)’s “expansion of warrantless domestic surveillance programs” and President Schumer’s “promotion of…” was. The dream bill includes $100 billion in foreign aid, primarily for war efforts. ”
