<p>House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) could be on the verge of facing a no-confidence vote through the same process that removed his predecessor, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), as speaker last year.</p>
<p>Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/rep-chip-roy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chip Roy</a> (R-TX), a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, said on Tuesday that he would not rule out using the &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; mechanism against Johnson amid objections to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-and-senate-leaders-reach-spending-deal-johnson-touts-concessions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government spending framework</a> released by congressional leaders over the weekend and a warning about an impending border security deal.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m leaving it on the table. I&#8217;m not gonna say I&#8217;m gonna go file it tomorrow night. I&#8217;m not saying I&#8217;m not gonna file it tomorrow. I think the speaker needs to know that we&#8217;re angry about it,&#8221; Roy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjY0NY5VUQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told BlazeTV host Steve Deace</a>.</p>
<p>Concessions made during McCarthy&#8217;s rise to the speakership early last year restored the ability of a single member to trigger the “motion to vacate” process that would lead to a no-confidence vote. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fallout-and-triumphs-from-the-matt-gaetz-coup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did just that</a> in early October after the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-stopgap-spending-measure-with-no-additional-support-for-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed a stop-gap spending measure</a> to prevent a government shutdown. He and seven other Republicans joined with Democrats to remove McCarthy from the speakership. Since then, Johnson got elected speaker and McCathy has left Congress.</p>
<p>Roy said he publicly voiced opposition to the effort to rip the speaker&#8217;s gavel from McCarthy. He noted some frustrations with what transpired under the California Republican&#8217;s leadership, but also acknowledged progress with spending caps getting implemented and conservatives achieving &#8220;some success&#8221; as lawmakers began advancing <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4224579-house-gop-advances-four-spending-bills-after-failed-attempts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">individual spending bills</a> as opposed to omnibus legislation that would combine them.</p>
<p>While Johnson touted a &#8220;topline&#8221; $1.59 trillion figure for the fiscal 2024 appropriations process along with &#8220;concessions&#8221; as part of an agreement with congressional Democrats, Roy suggested it ignores options devised under McCarthy that offered more financial restraints and contains <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy/status/1744778877845610530" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;budget gimmicks&#8221;</a> that increase spending above the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-vote-166-trillion-funding-bill-shutdown-deadline-nears-2022-12-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.66 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill</a> negotiated under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HouseGOP</a> FAILED to use its leverage to force cuts to inflationary spending</p>
<p>We must reject this &quot;deal&quot; w/ Dems that will INCREASE spending by ~$30 BILLION &amp; fund agencies at war with our liberty &amp; security &#8211; like Mayorkas&#39; DHS<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoGimmicks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoGimmicks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoSideDeals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoSideDeals</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoSecurityNoFunding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoSecurityNoFunding</a> <a href="https://t.co/XRBmzUshyz">pic.twitter.com/XRBmzUshyz</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy/status/1744778877845610530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Roy told Deace he will reserve judgment until he sees what &#8220;policy riders&#8221; might come out of negotiations. But he isn&#8217;t getting his hopes up after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-passes-886-billion-defense-policy-bill-with-military-pay-raise-spy-tool-extension-and-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defense policy bill</a> that included a FISA section 702 surveillance extension and &#8220;basically got rid of all of our DEI and CRT stuff,&#8221; as well as another stopgap spending measure.</p>
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<p>Democrats warned House Republicans not to include &#8220;poison pill policy changes&#8221; in any of the fiscal 2024 spending bills or risk losing their support. President Joe Biden also released a statement that said &#8220;congressional Republicans must do their job, stop threatening to shut down the government, and fulfill their basic responsibility to fund critical domestic and national security priorities.&#8221;</p>
<p>The prospect of another government shutdown looms <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown-with-dem-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as a two-step continuing resolution (CR) passed in November</a> funds certain federal agencies through January 19 while others would get money through February 2. Separately, lawmakers in the Senate are holding bipartisan talks on a deal to tie border security reforms to supplemental national funds for U.S. allies such as Ukraine and Israel.</p>
<p>&#8220;If they totally botch it — we get no policy reforms and we&#8217;re spending $1.66 trillion, I don&#8217;t know why we would keep him as speaker,&#8221; Roy said, adding later that he would fight &#8220;$60 billion on Ukraine and bull crap border security&#8221; reforms after the GOP-led House passed its own border security bill last year that the Democrat-led Senate refuses to consider.</p>

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