Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene pressed House Speaker Mike Johnson to join her latest push to impeach President Biden.

Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, kicked off the week by announcing she planned to force a vote to impeach Mr. Biden over his handling of the southern border, but first wanted to meet with Mr. Johnson before pulling the trigger. 

That meeting came Tuesday, and the speaker characterized it as “productive” while he exited the Capitol. When asked if he expected Ms. Greene to begin the process of forcing a vote to impeach Biden the same day, he said “I don’t think so.” 

Ms. Greene agreed that she wouldn’t force a vote Tuesday, adding that she wanted to continue conversations with Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, on a wish list of action items against the Biden administration.

But she differed in her perspective on whether the meeting was fruitful, arguing that it could be called productive only “if action was taken.” 

“The speaker of the House is one of the most powerful people in our country,” Ms. Greene said. “You can actually do something, and I went in with my list of ideas that I’m going to continue pressing further on.”

Ms. Greene didn’t delve into the specifics of her wish list but noted that some of the items included defunding some local prosecutors in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s conviction last week. 

The lawmaker’s impeachment articles would likely focus on the chaos at the border with Mexico under the president’s watch.

Ms. Greene said she hasn’t “fully made a decision” whether she would force a vote with a privileged resolution, which is Capitol Hill jargon for a measure that triggers a floor vote without the blessing of the speaker, but suggested that her choice could depend on whether Mr. Johnson follows through on her list. 

“I am urging in the loudest most possible way that Republicans across the country and many Americans in general are sick and tired and fed up with a feckless, useless Republican Party and conference that does nothing,” she said.

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