Marjorie Taylor green made good on her
threat to bring up a motion to vacate
the house Speaker declaring the office
of Speaker of the House Representatives
to be
vacant but just over a half hour later
the motion was tabled with almost all
Republicans and Democrats voting to set
the measure aside effectively putting an
end to the effort Taylor Green’s move
follows at least two closed door
conversations with speaker Mike Johnson
in recent days she asked for concessions
which included no more funding for
Ukraine and defunding special Council
Jack Smith’s investigation into former
president Trump under current house
rules it only takes one member to bring
up a motion to OU the speaker a rule
former speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to
Under Pressure from Hardline Republicans
when he initially got the gabble in 2023
it will remain a rule until the house
votes to change it