Rep. Mike Johnson voted House speaker again after 2 switch votes
The U.S. House will vote for House Speaker to begin the 119th Congress on Friday and Rep. Mike Johnson has no margin for error if he is going to retain the gavel.
Mike Johnson wins reelection as House speaker in dramatic vote to open new Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.
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 wins House speaker reelection after some GOP holdouts change votes
House Speaker Mike Johnson (Louisiana) is seeking to shore up support among fellow Republicans for reelection to his post as the new Congress convenes Friday at noon Eastern time. In his bid to keep the gavel,
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.
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.
House passes rules package that will raise threshold for motion to vacate speaker — after re-electing Johnson
Under the new rules package, which cleared the lower chamber in a near-party-line vote, 215-209, a motion to vacate the chair ...
The New Republic on MSN7dOpinion
Scrambling Mike Johnson Has a New Ploy to Stay in Power
The key change would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate, by which any lawmaker can force a vote on ousting the ...
Freedom Caucus holds its fire on Johnson’s strategy for passing Trump agenda
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) bucking their ...
Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker as GOP mutiny threat dissolves
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the only Republican to vote against Johnson in the end, after Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas and ...
Mike Johnson hangs on, but his challenges are only beginning: From the Politics Desk
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted for Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ...
Trump Transition Updates: Mike Johnson Wins Re-election as House Speaker
Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday won re-election to the top post in the House, salvaging his job in a dramatic last-minute ...
Why Johnson’s perilous moment threatens Trump’s agenda
Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz, who is known for regularly causing a ruckus ahead of key votes and then folding, publicly served Johnson with a laundry list of demands last month in order to secure her ...
House passes rule change making it harder to oust Johnson as speaker
The change offers some breathing room for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he enters his first full term as speaker.