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 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.
119th Congress Latest: Mike Johnson narrowly reelected House speaker
When the 119th Congress is sworn in Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson will fight for his political life — again. While the Louisiana Republican has the support of President-elect Donald Trump, it will be House Republicans who will decide whether to reelect him to his post as speaker of the House.
Speaker Mike Johnson faces crucial vote as new congress begins
Mike Johnson continues to fight to keep his position as House Speaker as the newly-elected 119th congress will be sworn in Friday and is set to vote on who will fill the spot. At least one Republican has stated he will not be voting for Johnson’s reelection.
119th Congress Latest: Mike Johnson is 2 votes short of winning House speaker on first ballot
The 119th Congress is convening for the first time on Friday and House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life — again.
Mike Johnson's speakership to be put to another test in 1st vote of new Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson stares down a difficult battle to retain the gavel on Friday, even despite an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.
Rep. Massie says he will not support Mike Johnson for speaker as next Congress set to convene Friday
Northern Kentucky's representative to Congress, Thomas Massie, says that he will not support Mike Johnson for speaker on Friday when the 119th Congress convenes.
New Congress choosing whether to keep Mike Johnson as speaker
As Republicans hold just a four-seat advantage, a new Congress begins on Friday with more potential drama over who will lead the House.
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.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's victory came with a warning from hardline Republicans
WASHINGTON – House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel for another two years on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at first either abstained from voting for Johnson or voted for another person for speaker.
Johnson wins tight House speaker vote
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Jan. 3, after two Republicans changed their votes.
Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives
After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S.
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 Laken Riley Act as first bill of new Congress
The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress.
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 ...