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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is taking the plunge on a massive package of foreign aid that\u2019s cleaved his conference and threatened his gavel, brushing off his detractors in a go-for-broke effort to help beleaguered allies overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson has won early Democratic support for his multipronged strategy to provide military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, accompanied by a grab-all package of Republican national security priorities designed to appease wary conservatives within the House GOP. He\u2019s vowing that all four components will get separate votes before the week is out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the plan drew an immediate backlash from hard-liners in his conference, including spending hawks who don\u2019t want to pile billions more onto the national debt; isolationists who want to focus Washington\u2019s resources on domestic problems; and a wide spectrum of rank-and-file Republicans who have demanded that the legislation include tougher security at the southern U.S. border \u2014 a notable exclusion from the Speaker\u2019s policy blueprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a frequent critic of the Speaker, has already introduced a motion to remove him from power \u2014 a resolution that\u2019s hanging over the coming Ukraine votes, lying in wait for Greene to force it to the floor. And that threat became more menacing Tuesday, when Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican with a libertarian streak, announced he\u2019d support Johnson\u2019s removal if Greene\u2019s resolution is activated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMike Johnson\u2019s going for the Triple Crown here against our base,\u201d Massie said. \u201cHe\u2019s voted for an omnibus that spends more than [Nancy] Pelosi. He\u2019s put his finger on the scales to pass [the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] without warrants. And now he\u2019s about to do Ukraine without protecting the American border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose are like three strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heightened threat has called attention to the precarious grip Johnson has on the House GOP, where the various ideological factions have been warring throughout the 118th Congress. Rebellious conservatives have already toppled one Speaker for defying their demands, and a hairline majority gives GOP leaders little room for error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, Johnson got a big boost last week when he appeared alongside former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Trump\u2019s residential resort, where the presumptive presidential nominee hailed the embattled Speaker for \u201cdoing a very good job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Johnson himself has dismissed the ouster effort, calling it \u201cabsurd\u201d and \u201cnot helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not concerned about this. I am going to do my job, and I think that\u2019s what the American people expect of us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all the rumblings, he may have little to fear \u2014 at least in the near-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massie has emphasized that he has no plans to force a motion-to-vacate resolution to the floor himself. And Greene, who had previously suggested that floor action on Ukraine would prompt her to force that vote, seemed to soften her tone this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While publicly denouncing Johnson for breaking his promises, particularly on the border, Greene also emphasized that she\u2019s treading carefully as she considers whether to force her ouster resolution to the floor \u2014 a decision that\u2019s been complicated by Trump\u2019s glowing review of the Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re discussing it. We\u2019ll see what happens. But I think a motion to vacate is extremely serious, so I\u2019m trying to be very responsible with it,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hesitancy has given Johnson some breathing room as he seeks to usher the foreign aid bills through the House this week. And he\u2019s getting early help from Democrats, who appear ready to embrace the four-vote strategy \u2014 as long as the policy provisions don\u2019t stray too far from the Senate\u2019s $95 billion aid package, which combined aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with humanitarian assistance for Gaza and other global hot spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s just simply chopping them all up, I think it\u2019ll all pass \u2014 as long as they don\u2019t put any poison pills in it,\u201d said Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it gets us unstuck, it\u2019s a good thing,\u201d echoed Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GOP reaction to the foreign aid plan has been multifaceted \u2014 and more complicated. On one hand, conservatives are praising Johnson\u2019s decision to hold an amendment process and separate the priorities into four bills, which will give them a chance to support the proposals they like and oppose those they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the same breath, those hard-liners have lambasted the exclusion of border security and the inclusion of a provision that will combine the four measures into one package before being sent to the Senate \u2014 a pair of negatives that are poised to outweigh the positives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoking the conservative frustrations, Johnson is also not allowing any amendments related to the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine with putting individual subjects as a matter of course on the floor. But when it\u2019s all sort of predetermined and it\u2019s gonna leave border off, then you\u2019ve given up the entire point of the fight. Which, I reminded the Speaker \u2014 and this is public information \u2014 like, multiple times over the last six months where he said border first before Ukraine,\u201d Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not gonna allow border security to be part of the package,\u201d said Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the Freedom Caucus. \u201cThat\u2019s a big, big problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the growing frustration, no other Republicans have emerged from the woodwork to join Greene and Massie on the motion-to-vacate push, though several are keeping their cards close to their chests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the ouster effort, Roy told reporters he\u2019s \u201cnot gonna talk about that.\u201d And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), a former Freedom Caucus chair, did not rule it out, saying \u201cwe\u2019re not anywhere close to that\u201d when pressed on the gambit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large number of Republicans, meanwhile, have come out swinging against the ouster effort. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, called the push \u201ca total waste of time and absolute ridiculous concept,\u201d and Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) predicted the gambit would fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massie, for his part, said he thinks the effort to boot Johnson will garner more support than McCarthy\u2019s ouster, which had eight Republicans and all Democrats on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it were called today \u2026 he would lose the vote, and I think he would lose more than Kevin McCarthy lost,\u201d the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just like the right flank of the conference that is upset with him \u2014 we\u2019ve devolved into \u2018Lord of the Flies,\u2019\u201d he added. \u201cThere\u2019s no order. Like, the rules are going down. Like, there\u2019s no repercussions for disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think his life experiences have equipped him for this job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda Nazzaro contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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