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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker in dramatic vote
The new Congress kicked off in dramatic fashion on the House floor after Republican Mike Johnson won a full term as House Speaker after a razor-thin win. Two votes flipped in his favor after they spoke with President-elect Donald Trump.
The Real Speaker Isn’t Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson is Speaker of the House. For now., After a handful of hard-right Republicans held out on Friday, he was reelected, winning them over not with his own personal charm b
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Trump to meet with GOP senators on reconciliation
Majority Whip John Barrasso said Republicans would soon meet with President-elect Donald Trump to “talk about what he’d like ...