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.
Mike Johnson wins full term as House speaker after two Republicans change their votes: Highlights
Latest news and updates on the first day of Congress following last year's general election. Get the latest news as the new year kicks off in Washington.
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,
Republican Hands Mike Johnson Warning After Winning Speakership
GOP Representative Chip Roy has warned House Speaker Mike Johnson that a significant number of House Republicans have "reservations" about him despite his narrow reelection as speaker on Friday.
Could House Speaker Mike Johnson lose his job on Friday? Pivotal House vote looms.
David Super, an expert on congressional procedure who teaches at Georgetown University, said Congress should still be able to perform its duty without a speaker because the House and Senate will be meeting in a joint session. Vice President Kamala Harris will be presiding over Trump's win – and her defeat – in the 2024 election.
Republicans fall in line behind Mike Johnson, avoiding an early Trump-era mess for the GOP
Between Trump's agenda and DOGE, Republicans have steep ambitions for the coming years. On Friday, they avoided what could've been an early stumble.
Rep. Mike Johnson tells House Republicans Trump wants them to pass a single reconciliation bill
La., told lawmakers that the president-elect backs one reconciliation bill, rather than two or more, two sources with direct knowledge told NBC News.
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 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.
How Mike Johnson pulled out a 2nd term as House speaker -- with Donald Trump's help
Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote
Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana pushes a 'powerful' bill for Donald Trump's agenda
Johnson, a Republican from north Louisiana, is pushing a single bill using a parliamentary maneuver called “budget ...
Why Johnson Won: Two Republicans Weigh In
Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) said Speaker Mike Johnson secured re-election because enough House Republicans were reassured that ...
Johnson says no cuts to Social Security and Medicare to fund Trump's agenda
House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out ...
Republicans still stuck on how to carry out Trump's agenda
If Trump continues his relatively neutral stance, Johnson and Thune will have to work it out among themselves. But even ...