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After months of resisting putting a foreign aid bill on the House floor, Speaker Mike Johnson finally moved to advance a package this week, drawing ire from some hardline members of the Republican Party who are now supporting an effort to oust him.
Three House GOP members have said they will support a motion to vacate the speaker: Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene — who leads the effort — Thomas Massie and Paul Gossar. Greene could move to oust Johnson as early as Saturday.
Remember: House Republicans have a razor-thin majority and Johnson would need Democratic support to save his speakership. Johnson has maintained that he will not resign.
This is the second motion to vacate in nearly six months. The attempt to oust Johnson comes just months after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed from the top leadership post in early October. Such efforts reveal the divide among House Republicans as they look to expand their majority in November.
Read CNN’s Stephen Collinson’s analysis on how doing “the right thing” may cost Johnson his speaker’s gavel here.
CNN’s Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Haley Talbot, Melanie Zanona and Michelle Shen contributed to this post.
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