Mike Johnson has his old job back, for now
First consider the uneasy re-election of Mike Johnson as House Speaker. Mr Johnson won near-unanimous support from his party on the first ballot, an improvement over the 15 rounds of voting it took for his Republican predecessor two years ago.
Mike Johnson Roasted Over What Could Be His Most Ironic Boast Yet
Social media users responded with a stark reminder after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) positively talked up Tuesday about the speed and relative ease with which Congress had a day earlier certified President-elect Donald Trump ’s 2024 election victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
The Hard Right Isn’t Mike Johnson’s Biggest Problem Anymore
Ever since Republicans took back control of the U.S. House in 2022, their biggest concern has been the unruly hard-right members of the House Freedom Caucus, who have exploited narrow margins of control to keep pressure on their colleagues to obey their wishes.
Why the speaker vote should still worry Mike Johnson
But Johnson is also in trouble because many of the key votes ostensibly for him look more like votes for the Republican agenda in spite of him. After the vote, leaders of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of about three dozen right-wing,
Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is the coach calling plays. But what if coach changes his mind?
House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities.
Mike Johnson wins the battle for House speaker | The Excerpt
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Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Update on Plans for Medicaid
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told Axios that Republicans are discussing work requirements as part of a potential Medicaid overhaul.
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 ...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson Implements Nancy Mace’s Trans Bathroom Ban After All
The policy was left out of last week’s proposed package but Rep. Johnson quietly included the ban in the final rules.
Mike Johnson Quietly Implements Nancy Mace’s House Bathroom Ban
Speaker Mike Johnson quietly gave Rep. Nancy Mace a victory in her quest to ban transgender women from using the ladies' ...
Mike Johnson narrowly reelected House speaker on first ballot: How the news unfolded
Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and ...
Mike Johnson touts new GOP agenda under Trump: ‘We’re going to be dismantling the deep state’
Fresh off his reelection as speaker, Mike Johnson hyped up Republicans’ ambitious agenda for the new year and pledged to take ...
No, Thomas Jefferson did not write the prayer Speaker Mike Johnson recited in the House
Following his reelection as speaker of the House, Mike Johnson recited a prayer he implied was written by Thomas Jefferson. But Jefferson didn’t write it.
Johnson vows to put ICC prosecutor Karim Khan ‘back in his place’
The ICC is actually equating Israel and Hamas, even as Hamas still holds Israelis and American hostages. It is just absurd,” ...
Congress Members Who May Cause Trouble for Mike Johnson With Thin Margin
House Speaker Mike Johnson got a taste of what life in the 119th Congress will be like as he wrestles with a historically ...