A $1.2 Trillion Budget Deal, and a Threat to Speaker Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson passes a government funding bill, avoiding a shutdown or else another stopgap measure. But most Republicans vote no, and it passes with Democratic support. Claiming betrayal, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files a motion to vacate the chair, saying Republicans should oust the conservative Johnson as they did his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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