Speaker Mike Johnson quietly gave Rep. Nancy Mace a victory in her quest to ban transgender women from using the ladies' bathrooms on Capitol Hill. In the Congressional Record published on Jan. 3, Johnson officially implemented a policy stating that “all single-sex facilities—such as restrooms,

"I'd say there's a 70% chance Mike Johnson is going to be speaker ... because that's just the way the swamp works," Congressman Thomas Massie said.

Trump supported Johnson and the GOP followed — an early sign of unity among House Republicans as they head into the new 119th Congress.

Even as President-elect Trump has said Speaker Mike Johnson has his “complete and total endorsement,” for re-election, Johnson is scrambling to lock down his own party's support, as he'll need nearly every GOP vote to hold on to the position.

After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol at the end of the 118th Congress last year, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has quietly announced a rule restricting bathroom usage in the 119th Congress.