Speaker of the House: Race for the gavel
House Speaker Mike Johnson held on and won the speakership again Friday over opposition from irate Republicans who threatened to derail his bid for the gavel.
Rep. Ralph Norman receives primary threats after initially voting against Speaker Johnson
Rep. Ralph Norman drew the ire of conservatives after he initially voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson in his bid to retain to gavel.
Johnson aims for ‘return to fiscal sanity’ as he tries to sway conservatives ahead of speaker vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a last-minute attempt to return to the job, released a list of commitments he has made to help spur “a return to fiscal sanity,” including creating a working group of independent experts.
Trump urges Republicans to rally behind Mike Johnson as speaker
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave his full-throated support for House Speaker Mike Johnson keeping his job in the new Congress.
Trump criticizes McCarthy-Biden debt limit deal, says Democrats want debt disaster
President-elect Donald Trump railed against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s deal in 2023 to raise the government’s debt limit, calling it “one of the dumbest political decisions made in years.”
GOP Rep. Massie doubles down against Speaker Johnson
Rep. Thomas Massie underscored he won’t support Rep. Mike Johnson in January, eliminating the wiggle room the House speaker has in keeping his job.
New House speaker wanted
House Speaker Mike Johnson is failing President-elect Trump, betraying America’s taxpayers and displaying a level of weakness that makes baby chicks look tough.
Speaker Johnson’s next job is tamping down a bubbling GOP revolt against him
House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work the phones over the holidays in a bid to avoid losing the gavel in January after some hard-right lawmakers denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations.
Speaker Johnson tees up next plan to avert shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Friday that he had another plan to avert a partial government shutdown after his previous two went up in smoke.
Speaker Johnson blames Democrats for killing second government funding plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats for killing his back-up plan to avert a government shutdown, arguing that the new legislation was materially the same as the original, bipartisan plan.
House tanks Speaker Johnson’s back-up government funding plan
Democrats and Republicans on Thursday tanked House Speaker Mike Johnson’s second attempt at a short-term government funding patch, adding more uncertainty as to whether Congress will avoid a partial government shutdown.
Jeffries wants Johnson to stick to funding deal, but won’t bail him out in speaker vote
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wants Speaker Mike Johnson to come through on the bipartisan government funding agreement that President-elect Donald Trump and many House Republicans have panned, but he won’t help the Louisiana Republican hold onto the speaker’s gavel if he does.
Sen. Rand Paul’s new proposal: Elon Musk for speaker of the House
Sen. Rand Paul took a jab at Speaker Mike Johnson Thursday when he suggested that SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk should have that job.
Trump says House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to be ‘tough’ to remain in leadership post
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to act “decisively and tough” if he wants to remain in his position.
Trump, Vance call on Speaker Johnson to scrap funding patch, raise debt ceiling
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance called on House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday to scrap his proposed short-term spending deal and raise the nation’s borrowing limit, dealing another blow to the funding patch with just two days until the deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown.
Shutdown: Government funding to run out unless Speaker Mike Johnson finds support for bill
Rushing to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson scrambled Wednesday to salvage a stopgap measure to keep federal offices running despite an onslaught of opposition from hard-right conservatives led by President-elect Donald Trump -ally Elon Musk.
Speaker Johnson wrestles with opposition to stopgap bill vs. DOGE’s Musk and Ramaswamy
Two new, loud voices have joined the discourse surrounding House Speaker Mike Johnson’s short-term funding patch as he deals with backlash from House Republicans.
Speaker Johnson braces for GOP pushback on latest government funding patch as deadline looms
Congress’ sprint to avert a government shutdown kicked off with the unveiling Tuesday of the latest short-term funding patch, which is crammed with disaster aid, economic assistance for farmers and legislation that could help attract the Washington Commanders back to D.C.
Speaker Mike Johnson defends spending bill amid Republican opposition
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday confronted critics in his Republican Party who say the stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown Friday has become a bloated spending package.
House speaker welcomes DOGE leaders to Capitol Hill, declares it a ‘new day in America’
President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was all the buzz Thursday on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers were given an early sense of how the cost-cutting committee co-led by Elon Musk plans to shake up Washington.
Speaker Johnson shrugs off having to navigate another tight House majority
Democratic victories and President-elect Donald Trump scooping House Republicans for Cabinet spots have whittled the GOP’s majority to the bone, but Speaker Mike Johnson said the GOP has grown used to working with thin margins.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Hunter Biden’s pardon damages justice system
House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed President Biden on Monday for reneging on his pledge not to pardon Hunter Biden, calling it a sign that “real reform” of the justice system is needed.
‘America First patriot’: Kash Patel’s nomination wins support from House Speaker Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson came out in support of Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for director of the FBI.
Speaker Johnson calls swatting against Democrats ‘dangerous and insane behavior’
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday condemned the recent threats against Democratic lawmakers as “dangerous and insane behavior.”
Speaker Johnson shuts the door on transgender women using Capitol’s female bathrooms
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that he’s banning transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol.
Speaker Johnson sees ‘no daylight’ between Trump, House GOP
House Speaker Mike Johnson contends “no daylight” exists between House Republicans and the incoming Trump administration.
Johnson backs temporary funding bill until Republicans take control of Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson said a temporary spending bill will fund the government through the new year, after which Republicans will have control of Congress and the White House.
Johnson says ethics report on Gaetz hasn’t come up in conversations with Trump
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that he and President-elect Donald Trump have not discussed the House ethics committee report about former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the once and future president has picked to be his attorney general.
Speaker Johnson presses Ethics Committee not to release report on Gaetz
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Friday he plans to “strongly request” the Ethics Committee not release its report summarizing its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Gaetz resigns from Congress ‘effective immediately’ following attorney-general nomination
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Justice Department, issued his resignation letter on Wednesday.
Speaker Johnson wins unanimous support from GOP for another term as top House Republican
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won a unanimous closed-door vote for his first, full term as Speaker despite rumblings of a possible rebellion against him, after he received a full-throated endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.
Speaker Johnson wins unanimous support from GOP for another term as top House Republican
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won a unanimous closed-door vote for his first, full term as Speaker, despite rumblings of a possible rebellion against him, after he received a full-throated endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump endorses Speaker Johnson to stay House GOP’s top dog
President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind House Speaker Mike Johnson during a meeting with House Republicans on Wednesday, likely quelling any last-minute rebellion to his bid for speaker.
Speaker Mike Johnson begins fight for the House gavel promising to be Trump’s ‘quarterback’
Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.
Speaker Johnson could face challenger amid simmering GOP discontent
House Speaker Mike Johnson is seeking a smooth reelection to another term wielding the gavel, but a small group of discontent conservatives are again vying to shake things up at the top.
Speaker Mike Johnson, House Republican leaders make pitch to keep their jobs in next Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the current House GOP leadership are urging their colleagues to reelect them to the same positions in the next Congress, another sign that Republicans believe they will again control the lower chamber.
Disaster aid, government funding top priorities for Speaker Johnson when Congress returns
A pair of key funding priorities await Congress when it gets back in action next week for its lame-duck session, and lawmakers will have little time to finish their work before the New Year.
