Thomas Massie became the first Republican in the U.S. House Wednesday to declare he would not back House Speaker Mike Johnson for the post in the next Congress. Massie's spokesman Jonathan Van Norman confirmed to The Enquirer that Massie would not vote for the Louisiana Republican in GOP leadership elections in January.

Massie, who has been a staunch critic of the speaker, did not indicate who he would endorse instead, but it comes a day after Congressional leadership unveiled a massive 1,547-paged spending bill.