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.
Republican Party messiness on full display after struggling to elect Mike Johnson as House speaker
The showdown on Friday mirrors the chaos of January 2023, when Rep. Kevin McCarthy required 15 rounds of voting to win the gavel. McCarthy’s ousting in October 2024 deepened the Republican Party’s internal divisions, leaving the GOP scrambling to present a unified front.
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.
Johnson faces tough road on Trump agenda after dramatic Speaker vote
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) kept his gavel amid a threat from the right flank of the House GOP, but managing the House GOP is not going to get any easier from here. The dramatic Friday Speaker vote on the House floor – in which three Republicans nearly kept Johnson from the gavel before two of them
Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker after narrow victory
During the first vote, Johnson secured only 216 of the 218 votes needed, despite the Republican Party holding a majority in the House and former President Donald Trump publicly endorsing his candidacy.
Mike Johnson secures speaker role with narrow Republican win
Mike Johnson was re-elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, receiving 218 votes. His main rival, the Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, received 215 votes. Initially, Johnson did not have the required majority,
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