A few numbers illustrate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) precarious hold on the gavel and the dilemma for House Republicans more broadly.
The Ukraine aid package that is the latest policy imperiling Johnson was opposed by 112 Republicans while only 101 voted yes. (That is identical to the breakdown among Republicans on the March $1.2 trillion spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.) Every Democrat who voted on Ukraine funding was in the affirmative; every no vote came from a Republican.
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