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
Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re-up his term as speaker to start the 119th Congress. While Johnson was officially reelected on the first ballot,
Mike Johnson's Problems May Just Be Beginning—Analysts
Johnson could face difficulty in passing President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, according to political analysts.
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote
Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year’s Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions himself alongside Trump. The speaker often portrays himself as the “quarterback” who will be executing the political plays called by the “coach,” the president-elect.
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.
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' ...
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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 Vrabel or Ben Johnson? What we’re hearing about the Patriots’ coaching search
The latest on New England's coaching search has Vrabel interviewing Thursday and Johnson and Aaron Glenn following suit ...
Mike Johnson plans to use reconciliation to circumvent Democrats on debt limit fight
The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans ...
Trump says it ‘doesn’t matter’ whether Republicans use one or two bills to pass his agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson and his GOP budget chief have begun preparations to unify their fractious conference behind a complex ...
Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as Republican leaders struggle to craft his priorities
President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no set strategy for ...
Column: Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden and revisionist presidential history
Even Republicans, who have used President Carter to attack Democrats for nearly 50 years, have had to reckon with revisionism ...