WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene met again Tuesday at the Capitol, working through a standoff over her threat to call a vote that could oust him from office.

The stakes are high for both Republicans.

Johnson is working to show he is in control of the House and not being led by Democrats, who are in the minority this session but have provided votes in some significant decisions.

Greene, a top ally of Donald Trump, faces a potentially embarrassing setback if her motion to vacate the speaker fizzles. She has only a few colleagues on her side, among them Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, and his team have promised to vote to table Greene’s motion if it comes to that step, essentially saving Johnson’s job.

Greene has four demands from the speaker — including no more funding for Ukraine as it fights Russia and an end to the Justice Department special counsel’s legal cases against the indicted former president, Trump. She is also asking that Johnson only proceed with voting on bills when there is a majority support from their party; along with federal spending reductions.

Johnson downplayed the idea that there was a deal to be made, saying the meetings are simply part of his open-door policy to hear out the ideas of fellow Republican lawmakers, as is his practice as the new leader.

“It’s not a negotiation,” Johnson said.

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