House Democratic leaders said shortly before the vote that their caucus would back the Republican speaker’s measure to extend government funding, giving it the support to pass over G.O.P. objections.
They don’t have much of a choice. They barely elected Johnson. A vote to boot him is a vote to have no speaker. And ousting McCarthy lost then their best money maker.
They don’t have much of a choice. They barely elected Johnson. A vote to boot him is a vote to have no speaker. And ousting McCarthy lost then their best money maker.