Posted 4/3/2024, 12:44:00 PM
Speaker Johnson Faces Leadership Questions After Spending Bill Backlash
- House Speaker Mike Johnson faces criticism after $1.2T spending package passes
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed motion to vacate Speaker role, raising leadership change concerns
- Past Congressional disputes resolved more violently, like 1856 caning of Sen. Charles Sumner
- Dozens of physical fights occurred in Congress in years before over slavery issue
- Today's Congressional disputes calmer by comparison to violent past incidents