Breitbart
Nine House Republicans signaled to Speaker Mike Johnson that they have leverage to file a motion to vacate him from the position.
The House rules package set to be voted upon after the Speaker is elected contains a provision that sets a nine member threshold for a motion to vacate the Speaker.
In the previous Congress, the threshold was only one member, by which Kevin McCarthy lost his power.
Three House Republican members voted for someone other than Johnson on the first ballot Friday. Two of the three then changed their vote to Johnson.
Six additional members also initially withheld their vote for Johnson before they changed their vote at the end of the first round. more
People in power will often do ANYTHING to stay in power…
If they had this power, they just missed an opportunity to use it.
The message was sent. Let’s hope Johnson was scared straight.
So who were the 9?
Old: Johnson’s under the Sword of Damocles.
New: Johnson’s in an ejection seat and somebody else has the trigger.
Johnson will be short lived as the speaker.
President trump got exactly what he was after. A very weak man with a lil Johnson that’s easily swayed into what Trump is after. I’d rather have a team player like Jim Jordan at the helm but this is probably second best. Now lets hope Trump makes it through inauguration day in one piece. Lot’s of pretty notable tactical guys saying this inauguration should take place in an underground bunker. I can’t disagree.
These people and these stories are tiresome. The Bible tells us to let our “no” be “no” and our “yes” be “yes”. What’s so hard about that?
Good. Keep his ass in line.
sk pedocrat dk @ your own risk
Just another Democrat disguised as a Republican.
It’s all part of the Uni-party