These 163 House Democrats voted to protect Mike Johnson from MTG's ouster effort
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- MTG's bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson failed, thanks in large part to Democrats.
- Democratic leadership previously said they would oppose her effort in order to avoid chaos.
- Nonetheless, plenty of Democrats — mostly progressives — did not vote to save Johnson.
House 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. 11 Republicans voted to advance the motion.
Overall, the vote tally was 359-43, with seven Democrats voting "present."
The vote came as something of a surprise — Greene had seemingly backed off from the threat on Tuesday, only to make a surprise bid to oust Johnson on Thursday.
Greene's effort had long been expected to fail after House Democratic leaders announced that they would vote to table her motion to vacate, arguing that they were protecting the House from chaos.
While most Democrats sided with their leadership, several of them did not, arguing that Johnson's brand of politics should not be affirmed and that their party should have extracted more concessions in exchange.
"It's important to send a very clear message that Mike Johnson is an extremist," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told reporters on Tuesday. "This is not a decision that is just an easy giveaway."
It is unclear whether Greene will continue to force votes on ousting Johnson.
Here are the 163 Democrats who voted to protect Johnson:
Adams Aguilar Allred Amo Auchincloss Balint Beatty Bera Beyer Bishop (GA) Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Caraveo Carbajal Cárdenas Carter (LA) Cartwright Case Casten Castor (FL) Cherfilus-McCormick Clark (MA) Clyburn Cohen Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dingell Eshoo Espaillat Evans Fletcher Foster Frankel, Lois Gallego Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gonzalez, Vicente | Gottheimer Green, Al (TX) Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (NC) Jeffries Johnson (GA) Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy Khanna Kildee Kilmer Kim (NJ) Krishnamoorthi Kuster Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee (NV) Leger Fernandez Levin Lieu Lofgren Lynch Manning Matsui McBath McClellan McCollum McGarvey McGovern Meeks Meng Mfume Moore (WI) Morelle Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Nadler Napolitano Neal Neguse Nickel Norcross Pallone | Panetta Pappas Pascrell Pelosi Peltola Perez Peters Pettersen Phillips Pingree Porter Quigley Raskin Ross Ruiz Ruppersberger Salinas Sánchez Sarbanes Schiff Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Scott, David Sewell Sherman Sherrill Slotkin Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Spanberger Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Suozzi Swalwell Sykes Thanedar Thompson (CA) Titus Tonko Torres (NY) Trahan Trone Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Wasserman Schultz Wexton Wild Wilson (FL) |
Here are the 32 Democrats who voted to advance Greene's ouster effort:
Barragán | Garamendi | Ocasio-Cortez |
And here are the 7 Democrats who voted "present."
- Judy Chu of California
- Chuy García of Illinois
- Ilhan Omar of Minnesota
- Mark Pocan of Wisconsin
- Jan Schakowsky of Illinois
- Mark Takano of California
- Norma Torres of California