In a historic vote, 163 Democrats voted to save Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson from a move to push him out by an ultra-right conservative who believes he capitulated to the left.

The House voted 359-43 to table a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to vacate the chair, which would have stripped Mr. Johnson of the speaker’s gavel and forced the chamber to vote for a new speaker.

Ten Republicans voted with Ms. Greene to oust Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson of Louisiana was elected speaker by House Republicans a little more than six months ago and has frustrated some conservatives by ushering through legislation that left out conservative priorities, such as lowering government spending, reining in warrantless government surveillance and stopping rampant illegal immigration at the southern border.

Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, accused Mr. Johnson of making excuses when he said the GOP’s very small majority required passing bipartisan bills.

“Excuses like this,” she said, “are pathetic, weak and unacceptable. Even with our razor-thin Republican majority, we could have at least secured the border with it being the number one issue in the country and the issue that is actually causing Biden to trail President Trump in poll after poll.”

The motion to push out Mr. Johnson followed two days of meetings between the two, along with Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, another Johnson critic.

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