Democrats blindside leaders with move to bail out Johnson
The rare crossover vote kept Speaker Mike Johnson’s agenda alive and cleared debate on a bill delaying new whale-protection fishing rules.
- Rep Jared Golden and Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez rescued Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday by voting for a GOP procedural rule, allowing the House to proceed with floor business after conservative infighting nearly paralyzed operations.
- Multiple conservatives blocked GOP plans to protest a stopgap funding bill detested by the far right. Rep Chip Roy and others refused to support Senate-passed legislation, demanding priorities like provisions against what they call "mass surveillance."
- Typically, Those Democrats stick together to oppose procedural votes, but these Two broke ranks. Because it helped pave the way for Golden's priority bill supporting lobstermen, they took the unusual step to assist GOP leaders.
- The defection of Those Democrats enraged party leaders, while the maneuver allowed Johnson to hold messaging votes on issues Democrats generally oppose, including a resolution condemning socialism passed 211–8.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the breach "a significant breach of trust" necessitating "a serious response," initiating a Committee on Caucus Rules review that underscores deepening fractures within the Democratic caucus over party discipline.
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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces possible discipline over GOP vote - The Daily Chronicle
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washougal, and her Blue Dog coalition colleague, Rep. Jared Golden, of Maine, may face disciplinary action from House Democratic leadership after they unexpectedly helped Republicans pass a key procedural vote on Tuesday. “The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing …
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The spokesman-ReviewReps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Jared Golden face possible discipline over GOP vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washington, and her Blue Dog coalition colleague Rep. Jared Golden, of Maine, may face disciplinary action from House Democratic leadership after they unexpectedly helped Republicans pass a key procedural vote on Tuesday.
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