Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker after GOP mutiny threat dissolves
House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold onto his position as head of the chamber after Republicans cast their votes in his favor. President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind Johnson.
Mike Johnson wins reelection as House speaker in dramatic vote to open new Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.
Live Updates: Johnson wins the battle for House speaker as holdouts relent
Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY Network. When is the House speaker vote? The House is set to vote around noon as it selects the speaker for the 119th Congress. Who is
Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker. All 4 Utah reps support him
The fate of Mike Johnson’s gavel rested on the House of Representatives and members-elect of the 119th Congress. On Friday, the first day of the session, Republicans didn’t support Johnson on the first vote even after he engaged in some last-minute lobbying ahead of the vote.
Johnson tells House Republicans that Trump wants one ‘big beautiful’ reconciliation package
Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump wants one reconciliation package, instead of the planned two that Republican leadership has been pushing, three people in the room where discussions took place told POLITICO.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's victory came with a warning from hardline Republicans
House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at first either abstained from voting for Johnson or voted for a different person for speaker.
House Speaker Mike Johnson Held Onto His Job, but There Are Signs of Trouble Ahead
This time was supposed to be different. But while House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday avoided the dayslong ordeal that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, endured to become speaker, his relatively swift victory was hardly a unifying moment.
Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives
After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S.
Speaker should follow will of members, not of White House | STAFF COMMENTARY
Gingrich days of empowering House majority, not dictating to them or taking orders from the executive branch, writes ...
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Mike Johnson secures votes to become speaker of 119th Congress: 'Purge the policies of America Last'
Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been reelected speaker of the United States House of Representatives, receiving ...
What Does the Speaker of the House Do?
As leader of the House of Representatives, the speaker controls what bills make it to the floor, appoints members to ...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to failing to elect a House speaker quickly
On the first day of the new Congress, representatives will vote for the speaker of the House as Mike Johnson fights to keep ...
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Speaker Mike Johnson wrongly attributes prayer to Thomas Jefferson
Johnson’s use of what Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation call a “spurious quotation” was reported by Brian Kaylor ...
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The 119th Congress — Day 1 — A Tale of Two Legislative Bodies and the Beginning of a Busy Year
The opening hours of the 119th Congress provided an interesting look at the two bodies of Congress, the United States House of Representatives ...
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At Tyler stop, Ken Paxton urges East Texas representatives to support GOP's choice for Texas House speaker
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited Tyler, calling for Republican unity in the Texas House Speaker race. Paxton ...