Mike Johnson

The House voted overwhelmingly to set aside a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remove Mike Johnson as speaker.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she will follow through on her threat to hold a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson sometime next week, despite signs that her effort will fail.

Democrats have been telegraphing for weeks their willingness to help Mike Johnson — a Republican — keep his job as speaker if members of his own party trigger a vote to oust him.

Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration.

Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.

Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie said he would vote to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker if it came to the floor. He told Johnson in a closed-door meeting that he should resign.

It's the second time in less than a year that House Republicans have pushed to remove their elected leader.

The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a GOP-led spending bill that would set two separate funding deadlines next year.

House Speaker Mike Johnson's temporary spending plan has already been met with opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.

Congress has a week to avoid a government shutdown. But the new speaker is facing familiar GOP divisions trying to pass his party's own spending bills and still hasn't decided on a short term bill.