Marjorie Taylor Greene Moves to Oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
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The right-wing Republican from Georgia made her long-threatened move
despite little chance of success in removing the speaker, given that
Democrats have sa...
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ReplyDeleteA mood of crisis enveloped Washington late Monday as a midnight deadline (0400 GMT) loomed with no sign of compromise between the Democratic-led Senate and Republican House of Representatives to head off the first US government shutdown in 17 years.
More than 800,000 non-essential federal workers were to be placed on unpaid furloughs beginning midnight due to the impasse.