Key part is for Johnson not to cut any deal with Ds. Lets Ds vote against the motion based on sanity.
“Both Greene and Massie have declined to say when they might trigger a vote on the motion-to-vacate resolution, but the support from the pair of conservatives means Johnson will more than likely need Democratic support to remain Speaker.
Republicans can only afford to lose two GOP lawmakers on any party-line votes, as the House breakdown currently stands, an edge that will decrease to one after Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) resigns at the end of the week.
Some Democrats in recent weeks have said they would protect Johnson if he puts Ukraine aid on the floor.”
Tru Dummy could be gone next year.
Tru Dummy formed a government in 2021 while losing the popular vote. 5.55M votes to Conservatives 5.75M votes.
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are trailing in the polls by double digits behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party, putting Trudeau on track to a sweeping defeat in the next federal election, which must take place by the end of next year.”
“Some Democrats in recent weeks have said they would protect Johnson if he puts Ukraine aid on the floor.”
“Were their lips moving?
Chaos in the House helps Dems in an election year.
Somebody has to rein in Moscow Marge, while she is likely seeing more money than ever before in her life, from somebody else.
AP reports:
“(Speaker) Johnson also spoke over the weekend with President Joe Biden as well as other congressional leaders about the emerging U.S. aid package, which the speaker plans to move in separate votes for each section — with bills for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific region. He spoke about it with Biden again late Monday.
It’s a complicated approach that breaks apart the Senate’s $95 billion aid package for separate votes, and then stitches it back together for the president’s signature.
The approach will require the speaker to cobble together bipartisan majorities with different factions of House Republicans and Democrats on each measure. Additionally, Johnson is preparing a fourth measure that would include various Republican-preferred national security priorities, such as a plan to seize some Russian assets in U.S. banks to help fund Ukraine and another to turn the economic aid for Ukraine into loans.”
The Hill reports:
““It does appear at first blush that the Speaker’s proposal will in fact help us get aid to Ukraine, aid to Israel and needed resources to the Indo-Pacific for a wide range of contingencies there. At first blush it looks like that, we just want to get more details,” he (John Kirby, a White House spokesperson) added.
The White House had a day earlier said it would oppose a stand-alone bill to fund aid to Israel.”