Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year's Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...

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 ...

A new rule Congress is set to vote on as soon as a speaker is elected would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate. If ...

The close vote was a bad sign for Trump’s legislative agenda. The success of President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative ...

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Mike Johnson on social media after the Louisiana representative won his bid to ...

Congressman Al Green of the 9th Congressional District of Texas made his voice heard during Friday's vote for the next Speaker of the House.

Johnson managed to keep his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives after a close call. Find out which GOP ...

In the end, after some late arm twisting, only one GOP lawmaker didn’t vote for Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.). That was Rep.

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman said Republicans' celebration upon reelecting Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday was colored by a bit of gallows humor.

North Carolina has five new members of Congress as the new session started Friday. They were sworn in after Mike Johnson was ...

Board members on the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus sent a warning shot to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shortly after he was reelected on Friday, despite the members voting to let him ...

Rep. Keith Self (R., Texas) said he voted for Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) at the last minute after speaking with President ...