Republicans Who Initially Voted Against Mike Johnson for House Speaker
Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short.
Republican Rep. Lisa Demuth expected to be next Minnesota House speaker
Minnesota's legislative session starts on Jan. 14, and a Stearns County representative could be the next Minnesota House of Representatives' speaker.
Paxton issues warning to Texas House Republicans in bitter Speaker battle
Before a standing-room-only crowd at Tarrant County Republican party headquarters, Paxton and George said Cook should become Speaker because he won support from the House GOP Cauc
Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker After Republican Holdouts Change Their Votes in the First Round
Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected as House speaker on Friday, Jan. 3, after a small handful of House Republicans who opposed his candidacy changed their votes at the last second
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.
Trump's Republicans reelect Mike Johnson US House Speaker despite dissent
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin that highlighted potential fissures among President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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.
Dramatic speaker vote may be the start, not the end, of House GOP chaos
Mike Johnson won what should be a full term in one ballot, but his Republican antagonists are lying in wait for another ambush.
House Speaker Johnson: Reconciliation is the way to get campaign promises done
La., discusses being re-elected as speaker, pushing Trump's agenda forward, Congress' priorities, certifying the 2024 election and the New Orleans terrorist attack.
Rep. Garcia: 'Mike Johnson cannot stand on his own'
Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss how Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly won his bid to keep the gavel and how Democrats plan to work across the aisle while also countering extremism in the 119th Congress.
Johnson tells House Republicans Trump wants 1 reconciliation package: Sources
Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump wants Congress to pass one sweeping bill full of his priorities.
Fox News Host Presses Republican on Trump Plan—'Is This Really Realistic?'
Maria Bartiromo spoke to Byron Donalds about the dynamics of the president-elect's reconciliation bill including tax policy.
Democrats grin and bear it as they set example for Republicans on peaceful transfer of power
I can feel proud that we’re acting as constitutional patriots,’ Representative Jamie Raskin tells Eric Garcia on the ...
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Virginia sends 3 new representatives to Congress led by GOP
Rep. John McGuire, R-5th, succeeds Rep. Bob Good. Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-7th, succeeds Rep. Abigail Spanberger. Rep. Suhas ...
Republicans look to defang motion to oust House speaker in new rules package
House GOP leadership is angling to diminish the motion used to oust a speaker in order to avoid a repeat of the mutiny ...
AG Paxton targets fellow Republicans in statewide push for more conservative house speaker
Paxton said named three North Texas Republican state representatives he said were set to vote for a more moderate speaker candidate ...
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Republicans Should Prepare for More Spending Wars
Republicans may not have a functioning legislative majority by the time those fights begin. The GOP won 220 seats in November ...
‘The Last Republican’: Sometimes Political Opposites Really Can Talk
This film about Adam Kinzinger, the politician of the title, benefits from the involvement of the progressive filmmaker Steve ...
How Indiana representatives — including Victoria Spartz — voted on first Speaker ballot
Victoria Spartz who has been critical of her party leadership ahead of the 119 Congress. The Hamilton County ...