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
Mike Johnson wins full term as House speaker after two Republicans change their votes: Highlights
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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.
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 against Kevin McCarthy that crippled the lower chamber for some three weeks
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
GOP megadonor says his PAC won't primary Republican Texas House members over speaker vote
The founder of a $20 million Republican PAC says he wants a GOP-backed Texas House speaker. But the decision must be left to the individual members.
Showdown at Texas Capitol over who will become Speaker set for Tuesday
Members of the Texas House will vote Tuesday for their new Speaker after a month-long divisive battle among Republicans. It's ...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says there should be conditions on federal wildfire aid for California
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Monday there should be conditions on federal aid for California as it addresses the ...
What both Republicans and Democrats hope to accomplish in the 89th Texas legislative session
The Texas Legislature meets every two years to introduce bills that it hopes will become law. Over 1,636 house bills have ...
Top House Republican says should be conditions on California wildfire aid
Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday that Congress should place conditions on aid to Los Angeles ...
Johnson's squeaker win for House speaker signals more Republican chaos ahead | Opinion
Electing a speaker of the House has long been one of the easiest votes for a party in the majority. Republicans have changed ...
Republican State Rep. Leach sounds off on the Speaker's race and Texas Legislature issues
Republican State Representative Jeff Leach sounds off on the Speaker's race. He also discusses major issues facing the Texas ...
Can Republicans navigate their narrow House majority?
Republicans are poised to take control of the House of Representatives this month by the narrowest seat margin in nearly 100 ...
'Conditions' should be placed on California wildfire aid: House Speaker Mike Johnson
A number of Republicans are calling for conditions to any federal aid that goes to California as the state struggles with ...