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Mike Johnson Keeps Speaker’s Gavel

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.

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Mike Johnson re-elected as speaker despite some opposition from the far-right

La., initially fell two votes short of holding onto the speaker's gavel on a first ballot. But after meeting with the speaker, two opponents switched their votes.

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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.

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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 ...

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The problem(s) with Mike Johnson’s dubious Thomas Jefferson quote

The problem is not just that Republican officials keep peddling fake quotes from the Founding Fathers. The problem is also ...

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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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Trump endorses Mike Johnson for speaker amid growing opposition

President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for a second term in the top House leadership position, hoping to quash opposition as a growing number of ...

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