Marjorie Taylor Greene pulls trigger on effort to oust Johnson from speakership

The House rejected an effort from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his top leadership position, bringing an end to a weekslong saga of the Georgia Republican seeking to leverage her motion to vacate to make conservative demands in the lower chamber. 

Lawmakers voted 359-43 to table the motion, effectively killing the measure before it could be brought to the floor for a final vote. The motion succeeded after 163 Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in tabling the bill.

Only 11 Republicans voted against tabling the bill. Seven Democrats voted present.

Greene noticed her motion to vacate on Wednesday evening, over one month after she initially filed it on the House floor. The Georgia Republican outlined several

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