Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson

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(WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that she will move ahead with her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from the House’s top job — though her plan seems doomed to fail.

The Georgia Republican, who first introduced a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair in March, said in a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol that she will call up her motion to the House floor for a vote next week.

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