Johnson works to turn down House temperature as rebels weigh revolt

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is moving to cool House tensions as a band of hard-line Republicans weigh whether to set in motion an attempt at his ouster.

Conservatives are livid with Johnson over a series of bills he put on the floor, most recently foreign aid for Ukraine that a majority of Republicans opposed. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to remove him as speaker in March, but she has so far held off on forcing a vote.

Johnson could bring stability to what has been a chaotic Congress if the House raised the threshold on that motion, which a single member can bring forward today. Senior Republicans have urged him to pursue these and other changes to neutralize the threat posed by

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