Freedom Caucus Drops Plan To Challenge Johnson

Politico reports:

House conservatives are planning to force an internal vote on Mike Johnson’s speakership during Wednesday’s leadership election instead of throwing in an alternate candidate, two people familiar with the discussions told POLITICO.

Johnson’s critics in the House Freedom Caucus have been deliberating for days over how to push back against proposed internal rules changes and send a message to the Louisiana Republican.

Essentially, that means they would prevent leadership from allowing Johnson to be nominated for speaker by a simple voice vote that would have allowed him to say he was nominated unanimously. Instead, members would go ahead with the secret ballot process, giving them the option to oppose Johnson’s speaker nomination without revealing who they are.

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