More than four dozen House Republicans voted against a procedural step forward on Speaker Mike Johnson’s national security package, leaving the party’s bitter fractures more transparent by the minute.
“I don’t even need to offer an opinion, I think that’s obvious,” said Rep. Dan Meuser, when asked whether Johnson’s speakership is in peril.
Meuser joined the majority of the conference in voting to advance the bills, along with a majority of Democrats. Fifty-five Republicans and 39 Democrats voted against the rule, which now sets up Saturday votes on separate foreign aid bills that will be recombined in a single bill for the Senate.