Greene, Johnson meeting fails to mend fences as Georgia lawmaker maintains ouster threat

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene met with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday after she circulated a letter fuming over the performance of House Republican leadership, though the pair largely failed to resolve their differences.

Greene filed a motion to vacate the speaker's chair last month, before Congress went on recess, citing frustrations with the lower chamber's approval of a $1.2 trillion "minibus" spending package. Johnson has said he attempted to talk with her over the recess but to no avail. Upon the House's return, Greene doubled down by circulating a letter to her colleagues outlining her grievances.

But the pair met in person on Wednesday and Greene reportedly signaled that she would observe Johnson's handling of votes on further Ukraine aid and the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Section 702, according to the Washington Times. She has yet to force a vote on her motion to boot Johnson.

Greene subsequently said that Johnson "made excuses" for his handling of major legislative priorities and that he had offered her a post in his "kitchen cabinet" to which she did not commit.

"We're both conservatives, you know, but we do disagree sometimes on strategy," Johnson said.

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