The Fight To Fire The House Speaker — Again

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🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Some members of the House Republican conference are mad at Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for a variety of reasons. But do they have the votes to kick him out of his role — and send the House back to the paralysis it faced last year?

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, congressional reporter Barbara Sprunt, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:22.6	Oh, wow.
0:23.6	It is a beautiful spring day here.
0:25.7	The roses are in bloom, the mulberry trees are starting to fruit,
0:30.0	so I'm doing my best not to step in any mulberry goo.
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0:45.0	I think that must be our first Turkmenistan time stamp. It's got to be right?
0:52.9	That is very cool.
0:53.7	Oh, for sure.
0:54.9	But how great.
0:56.0	I gotta say the mulberry, it's the worst.
0:58.7	It gets, I have one outside and it like gets everywhere.
1:01.6	It stains your floors, so you you know I hope you're able to
1:04.4	avoid it they are quite gross hey there it's the NPR Politics podcast I'm
1:08.6	Susan Davis I cover politics I'm Barbara Sprint I cover Congress and I'm Mara Liason National Political Correspondent.
1:15.4	And Speaker Mike Johnson's hold on his job seems safe, at least for now.
1:20.0	Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Green is going to hold off forcing a vote to try to remove him from office,
1:25.6	though she could, of course, bring that up for a vote at any time.
1:29.6	Barbara, can you remind us what exactly is Marjorie Taylor Green's problem with the way that Mike Johnson's done his job?
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