Speaker Mike Johnson wants to make it harder for members of Congress to defy leadership after members of his own caucus turned on him to force a House vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Despite months of opposition from Johnson and President Donald Trump, a group of bipartisan lawmakers successfully brought a discharge petition that overrode Republican leadership and brought the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the floor.

The bill, which instructs the Department of Justice to release all of its investigative files related to the late sex offender, passed the House 427-1 on Tuesday before being unanimously adopted by the Senate and signed into law.

Now, however, Johnson is saying he wants to “see a higher threshold” for privileged motions and discharge petitions, he to

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