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MTG's bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson failed, thanks in large part to Democrats. Nonetheless, plenty of Democrats — mostly progressives — did not vote to save Johnson. AdvertisementHouse Speaker Mike Johnson survived an effort to oust him from the speaker's chair — thanks in large part to the support of House Democrats. On Wednesday, the House voted to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's motion to vacate, with a majority of Republicans and Democrats voting in favor. Overall, the vote tally was 359-43, with seven Democrats voting "present."
Persons: Mike Johnson, , Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Organizations: Democratic, Service, House Democrats, Business
Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson has officially failed. But 11 House Republicans voted to at least allow debate on the matter. AdvertisementRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to boot Speaker Mike Johnson has officially failed after the House voted by a 359-43 margin to table the Georgia Republican's motion to vacate on Wednesday. 11 Republicans sided with Greene, voting against a procedural vote to table her motion. Basically, they voted to allow a debate on Greene's effort rather than simply quashing it.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor, Mike Johnson, Greene, Organizations: Republicans, Service, Business Locations: Georgia
House Speaker Mike Johnson might start cracking down on Republicans who defy him. MTG, who's forcing a vote to try to oust Johnson this week, doesn't seem to mind. AdvertisementRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is daring House Speaker Mike Johnson to kick her off of her committees again. Speaker Mike Johnson is talking about kicking Republican members off of committees if we vote against his rules/bills. Related storiesA person familiar with Johnson's remarks told Business Insider that they were hypothetical and referred to changes that House Republicans may make under the next Congress, rather than in the immediate future.
Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, , Marjorie Taylor Greene, Chuck Schumer, Biden’s, It’s, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Service, Georgia Republican, Republican, Republicans
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Mike Johnson is almost certain to survive MTG's effort oust him due to the support of Democrats. But progressives are unsure how to handle the vote, with some citing Johnson's own hard-right views. AdvertisementNext week, Democrats will be siding with a Republican that they've derided as being slavishly loyal to Donald Trump, wedded to evangelical Christian nationalist beliefs, opposed to LGBTQ+ rights, and a danger to American democracy. Some of them haven't decided whether that person is Speaker Mike Johnson or Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. After all, House Democrats voted unanimously with Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to oust then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October.
Persons: Mike Johnson, , they've, Donald Trump, haven't, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Johnson, — it's, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Pocan, I'm, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Minnesota, Greg Casar, Texas —, Mike Johnson shouldn't, doesn't, Greene, it's, Omar, Ro Khanna, Khanna Organizations: Service, Republican, Democratic, House, — Rep, Congressional Progressive Caucus, CPC, New, CNN, Republicans, Democrats Locations: Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Alexandria, Cortez of New York, Texas, Cortez, New York, California, Ukraine, Israel
US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries(L) hands newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson the gavel at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2023. WASHINGTON — House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement Tuesday that they would vote to help save Speaker Mike Johnson if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., moves to oust him. "From the very beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have put people over politics and found bipartisan common ground with traditional Republicans in order to deliver real results," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said. "At the same time, House Democrats have aggressively pushed back against MAGA extremism. The statement from Jeffries and his leadership team Tuesday is the strongest signal on how House Democrats would react to a move to oust the speaker.
Persons: Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, Johnson, Greene, President Biden, Jeffries, MAGA Organizations: WASHINGTON — House Democratic, House Democrats, Democrats, MAGA, Democratic, Israel, Republicans Locations: Washington ,, D, Ukraine, U.S, MAGA
Democrats have officially decided to protect Speaker Mike Johnson from MTG's ouster effort. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion to Vacate the Chair. Some progressives may even vote against tabling Greene's motion, and showing that Johnson is reliant on Democratic votes to continue serving could weaken his standing — to Greene's benefit — in future leadership elections.
Persons: Mike Johnson, Greene, , Mike Johnson's, Hakeem Jeffries —, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene's, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Gosar, McCarthy, it's, tabling Organizations: Putin, Service, Democratic, Republican Rep, — Reps Locations: Ukraine, Arizona
Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, called MTG a blond, fur-wearing "beauty." NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has just won herself some new admirers. The GOP congresswoman was painted in glowing terms during a broadcast on Russian state television on Sunday. "Marjorie Taylor Greene, you've just shown is a beauty.
Persons: Margarita Simonyan, Simonyan, Greene, , Marjorie Taylor Greene, you've Organizations: Georgia Republican, Ukraine, Service, GOP, RT
Jared Moskowitz mocked MTG, calling to make her "Putin's Special Envoy" to Congress. The move came in response to Greene's amendments that proposed Ukraine aid supporters enlist in the fight against Russia. AdvertisementJared Moskowitz, a Democrat representing Florida's 23rd congressional district, has openly mocked Marjorie Taylor Greene by saying he submitted an amendment appointing her as "Putin's Special Envoy to the United States Congress." Just submitted an amendment to Bill drafting appointing MTG as Putin’s Special Envoy to the United States Congress. https://t.co/Gn8Dd3lZwj — Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) April 18, 2024Moskowitz submitted the proposal in response to Greene's amendments to the Ukraine aid bill.
Persons: Jared Moskowitz, MTG, Greene, , Marjorie Taylor Greene, Moskowitz, kTtrCUcglS —, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Russia, Service, United States Congress Locations: Ukraine, Florida's
The Georgia Republican filed an amendment to a $26.38 billion Israel aid bill that would divert some of that funding toward "the development of space laser technology on the southwest border" of the United States. Related storiesIn the case of the "Jewish space lasers," she connected the wildfire to the Rothschild family of Jewish financiers, a favorite target of antisemitic conspiracy theories. The "Jewish space laser" theory has become a staple piece of mockery for those attacking Greene, and is often brought up by reporters. Greene has voted against Israel aid in the past, and she's long been one of the most outspoken opponents of Ukraine aid. She also introduced seven amendments to the Ukraine aid bill, including provisions that would divert money to US disaster zones or force any members of Congress who support the bill to enlist in the Ukrainian military.
Persons: , Marjorie Taylor Greene, I've, Greene, I’ve, oDeDqTXvQQ —, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Service, Georgia Republican, Facebook, Business Locations: Israel, United States, America
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been threatening to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from his chair. AdvertisementDonald Trump appears to be trying to play the role of diplomat amid ongoing tensions between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. "I stand with the speaker," Trump told reporters as Johnson stood beside the former president. But hours before Trump held his press conference, the Georgia representative repeatedly criticized the Speaker on Steve Bannon's "War Room" show. AdvertisementSpokespeople for Greene, Johnson, and Trump did not respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Johnson, Donald Trump, MTG, Steve Bannon's, Johnson, , Trump, Greene, Marjorie, Greene excoriated Johnson, I'm, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: Service, Foreign Intelligence, FISA, Trump, Politico Locations: Georgia, Lago, Florida, California
Before the president's SOTU, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene demanded Biden to say Laken Riley's name. Biden briefly went off script to address Riley's family and immigration. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . As the president walked down the aisle for his speech, Greene told Biden, who was just several feet away from the representative, to "make it right" and say Riley's name.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Biden, , Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene's, Laken Riley, Greene Organizations: Service, Business
A post by a parody account impersonating U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizing to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for eating turkey on Thanksgiving is being taken seriously by some online. It was posted on X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, and reads: “Sorry PETA, we are eating good today. The account, which uses the handle @MTGrepp and the username Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody), has a bio (archived) that reads: “On a mission to arm wrestle Elon Musk. Some (archived) people (archived) responded to the post the post as if it were real. The post was shared by a Marjorie Taylor Greene parody account.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, Elon Musk, , Read Organizations: Animals, PETA, Twitter, MTG Army, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Northwest Georgia
She claimed that her controversial Jewish space laser comments were "sarcastic." AdvertisementRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene addressed her controversial comments about Jewish space lasers and said that she is not antisemitic because her "Savior," Jesus, was a Jewish carpenter. Greene made a widely ridiculed claim in 2018 that a Jewish-financed space laser had caused the worst wildfires in California's history. "My Savior is a Jewish carpenter who died on the cross for my sins, and I have no antisemitic sentiments whatsoever." She also said that she has donated to the Temple Institute in Israel, an organization that aims to rebuild the Jewish temple on the Temple Mount and reinstate animal sacrificial worship.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jesus, , Greene, Rothschild Organizations: Christian, Service, Rothschild Inc, Temple Institute Locations: Jewish, Georgia, Israel
Rep. Rashida Tlaib will face a censure vote Wednesday after a Democratic effort to quash it failed. Six House Republicans voted with Democrats, but attendance issues on the Democratic side allowed the resolution to move forward with a majority of votes anyway. Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois voted against tabling the resolution, while Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania — the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee — voted present. In the days since her last resolution failed, she has raged at the 23 Republicans who voted with Democrats to table it. AdvertisementAdvertisementHere are the six Republicans that voted against moving forward with the resolution:
Persons: Rashida, Marjorie Taylor, Tlaib, , Brad Schneider, Illinois, Susan Wild of, Michigan Democrat who's, Rich McCormick, Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, Israel, Ministry's, Josh Gottheimer, Jared Moskowitz, Florida, Ritchie Torres Organizations: Democratic, Service, Six, Michigan Democrat, Ahli Baptist Hospital, New Locations: Michigan, Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, American, Israel, Georgia, Gaza, Ahli, New Jersey, New York
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN she is just as disappointed in the GOP as many voters are. AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she shares the same feelings of disappointment in her own party as GOP voters. MTG: "Republican voters across the country are sick and tired of Republicans because they never do anything to hold this government accountable," she told me. AdvertisementAdvertisement"They need to apologize and we need to heal our conference in order to move forward," Greene told Fox Business last month. The House saw three failed GOP speakership bids before Rep. Mike Johnson was finally chosen as speaker.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, she's, Mike Johnson, Kevin McCarthy's, , CNN's Manu Raju, — Manu Raju, Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, McCarthy, McCarthy's speakership, Gaetz Organizations: CNN, GOP, Service, Republican, Republicans, Democratic, Florida Republican, Fox Business Locations: Congress, Florida
The witnesses painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. She was apprehensive about the move, she said, because she knew that would mean borrowing $1 billion in FTX customer funds for the transaction. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. But Mr. Sun, who testified after securing an agreement that prosecutors would not pursue charges against him, said he had once again told Mr. Bankman-Fried that none of those options were supported “by the facts.” Mr. Bankman-Fried responded by saying “something like, ‘Got it,’” Mr. Sun testified.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Bankman, Caroline Ellison —, Adam Yedidia, Mr, Yedidia, FTX, ” Caroline Ellison Ms, Ellison, Ms, Gary Wang Mr, Wang, , coder, Nishad Singh Mr, Singh, Gabe, Gabe Bankman, ” Mr, Prosecutors, Barbara Fried, Nishad Singh, Sun, Organizations: Alameda Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, Mr, Prosecutors, America Locations: Bahamas, Alameda, Binance, Pandemics
Greene is angry that Rep. Chip Roy of Texas opposed her effort to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 1, 2023Twenty-three Republicans, including Roy, voted against the resolution moving forward. Her conduct is unbecoming of a member of Congress and certainly worthy of condemnation - if not censure," Roy said in a statement after his vote. "However, tonight's feckless resolution to censure Tlaib was deeply flawed and made legally and factually unverified claims, including the claim of leading an 'insurrection'." Talib said Greene's resolution was "deeply Islamophobic" and made clear she would not change her approach.
Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, Chip Roy, Texas, Rashida Tlaib, Roy, Colonel Sanders, , Republican Sen, Ted Cruz's, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Republican, Unity Party, Service, Democratic, Republicans, Congress, Locations: Georgia, Texas, California
The witnesses have painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. But Mr. Sun, who testified after securing an agreement that prosecutors would not pursue charges against him, said he had once again told Mr. Bankman-Fried that none of those options were supported “by the facts.” Mr. Bankman-Fried responded by saying “something like, ‘Got it,’” Mr. Sun testified. Prosecutors then played a clip from an interview that Mr. Bankman-Fried gave ABC’s “Good Morning America” days before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Bankman, Caroline Ellison —, Adam Yedidia, Mr, Yedidia, FTX, ” Caroline Ellison Ms, Ellison, Ms, Gary Wang Mr, Wang, , coder, Nishad Singh Mr, Singh, Gabe, Gabe Bankman, ” Mr, Prosecutors, Barbara Fried, Nishad Singh, Sun, Organizations: Alameda Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, Mr, Prosecutors, America Locations: Bahamas, Alameda, Binance, Pandemics
The witnesses have painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. She was apprehensive about the move, she said, because she knew that would mean borrowing $1 billion in FTX customer funds for the transaction. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. Prosecutors then played a clip from an interview that Mr. Bankman-Fried gave ABC’s “Good Morning America” days before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Bankman, Caroline Ellison —, Adam Yedidia, Mr, Yedidia, FTX, ” Caroline Ellison Ms, Ellison, Ms, Gary Wang Mr, Wang, , coder, Nishad Singh Mr, Singh, Gabe, Gabe Bankman, ” Mr, Prosecutors, Barbara Fried, Nishad Singh, Sun, Organizations: Alameda Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, Mr, Prosecutors, America Locations: Bahamas, Alameda, Binance, Pandemics
The witnesses have painted a portrait of Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, as a controlling boss who directed them to commit fraud. She was apprehensive about the move, she said, because she knew that would mean borrowing $1 billion in FTX customer funds for the transaction. “That’s OK, I think this is really important, we have to get it done,” Mr. Bankman-Fried told Ms. Ellison, according to her testimony. At Mr. Bankman-Fried’s urging, Mr. Sun said, he ran through a few theoretical options to justify the borrowing and spending of FTX customer money. Prosecutors then played a clip from an interview that Mr. Bankman-Fried gave ABC’s “Good Morning America” days before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Bankman, Caroline Ellison —, Adam Yedidia, Mr, Yedidia, FTX, ” Caroline Ellison Ms, Ellison, Ms, Gary Wang Mr, Wang, , coder, Nishad Singh Mr, Singh, Gabe, Gabe Bankman, ” Mr, Prosecutors, Barbara Fried, Nishad Singh, Sun, Organizations: Alameda Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, Mr, Prosecutors, America Locations: Bahamas, Alameda, Binance, Pandemics
FTX lawyers are suing Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, saying they were wrongly paid millions. The lawsuit says SBF's mom encouraged him to avoid federal campaign finance disclosure rules. Lawyers handling the crypto exchange's bankruptcy case are suing Bankman-Fried's parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried, accusing them of siphoning millions of dollars from company funds. The lawsuit also accuses Fried of encouraging her son to "avoid (if not violate) federal campaign finance disclosure rules." Singh and Salame have pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations.
Persons: Sam Bankman, Bankman, Joe Bankman, Barbara Fried, Fried, , Nishad Singh, Ryan Salame, Singh, Salame, Caroline, Sean Hecker, Michael Tremonte, Tremonte Organizations: Service, Lawyers, Democratic, Bankman, Forbes Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bahamas, Delaware
The complaint, filed on Monday by the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, accuses Barbara Fried of being a "point person" for her son Bankman-Fried's "political contribution strategy." Attorneys for Fried and her husband, Sam Bankman, told CNBC that "these [FTX] claims are completely false." Fried, according to the FTX complaint, described "herself as Bankman-Fried's 'partner in crime of the noncriminal sort.' In 2021, it received a $1 million donation in the name of former FTX director of engineering Nishad Singh, according to Federal Election Commission records. That contribution may not have been from Singh himself, but instead, from Bankman-Fried, according to the complaint.
Persons: Barbara Fried, FTX, Sam Bankman, Bankman, Fried, Nishad Singh, Singh, Sam, MTG, dunning, backstop Organizations: Manhattan Federal Court, Group, CNBC, Bankruptcy, Stanford Law, FTX Group, Commission, FTX Locations: New York City, U.S, Delaware, Fried, Manhattan, Bankman
FTX entered bankruptcy in November when the global exchange ran out of money after the equivalent of a bank run. Several other former FTX executives have pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges and are cooperating with investigators. The scheme involved Bankman-Fried receiving a loan from Alameda, then transferring the money to his parents. According to FEC records, Singh contributed roughly $9.7 million in 2022 and in late 2020 to various candidates and committees. The judge revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail last month after finding probable cause that he had tampered with witnesses.
Persons: Sam Bankman, , Allan Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, FTX, Fried, Bankman, , “ Bankman, John Ray III, Joe, Barbara, Ray, “ Fried, Nishad Singh, ” Singh, Singh, Ryan Salame Organizations: , FTX, Stanford University, Alameda Research, Stanford, FTX Group, Bankman, FEC, FTX Digital Markets Locations: Del, Bahamas, Delaware, Manhattan, Alameda, FTX
The fallout of FTX's implosion continues, with Sam Bankman-Fried's parents now facing a lawsuit. Barbara Fried and Allan Joseph Bankman were accused of siphoning millions of dollars from the firm. FTX entered bankruptcy in November when the global exchange ran out of money after the equivalent of a bank run. "And together, Bankman and Fried siphoned millions of dollars out of the FTX Group for their own personal benefit and their chosen pet causes." Mr. Ray and his massive team of lawyers, who are collectively running up countless millions of dollars in fees while returning relatively little to FTX clients, know better."
Persons: Sam Bankman, Barbara Fried, Allan Joseph Bankman, SBF's, FTX, Fried, Bankman, John Ray III, Joe, Barbara, Ray Organizations: Service, FTX, Stanford University, Alameda Research, Stanford, FTX Group, Bankman Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bahamas, Delaware, Manhattan, Alameda, FTX, Brooklyn
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