Newsweek: “Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s repeated efforts to delay work in the House of Representatives has drawn bipartisan ire and may result in a new rule change. After Greene, a Georgia Republican, tried Wednesday to stall the lower chamber’s final vote on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package by forcing a motion to adjourn, Representative David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said he will propose a rule change to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”
“‘I’m dead serious,’ he told reporters. The rule would mean a member can do a motion to adjourn only if the representative is a member of a committee. Greene was stripped of her committee assignments by House Democrats last month after some of her controversial social media posts resurfaced. In them, she promoted QAnon and other conspiracy theories and advocated violence against Democratic leaders. Asked about Cicilline’s proposal, Greene told Newsweek: ‘Do you mean Rep. Mussolini? Not only did Democrats unilaterally strip away my committees, now they want to remove any powers I have to represent my district. The Democrats run the House of Hypocrites with tyrannical control.’ Greene’s motion to adjourn on Wednesday failed in a 149-235 vote, with 41 Republicans voting against it. In fact, each of Greene’s attempts to end business in the lower chamber for the day have failed, and every time more Republicans have bucked her motion.”