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Speaker Mike Johnson Refuses To Make Deals For Votes

Speaker Mike Johnson's principled leadership approach and refusal to engage in backroom deals set the stage for potential transformation within the Republi...

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House debuts new rules including one that makes it harder to boot the speaker

A motion to vacate, the process for removing the speaker, will now require nine sponsors to be considered on the House floor

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Will Thomas Massie Get To Pick the Next Speaker of the House?

The libertarian-adjacent congressman says he "definitely has no Fs to give now" and promises to vote against Mike Johnson.

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Will Mike Johnson make it? What to look out for ahead of Friday’s House speaker vote

ANALYSIS: Mike Johnson is in a better position now than Kevin McCarthy was two years ago, Eric Garcia writes. But he still has to navigate the Rubik’s Cube that is the House Republican conference. And Trump is watching

The Independent UK

Republicans Seek To Change House Rules On Speaker Ousting

House Republicans propose rule changes to make it harder to remove a Speaker of the House, sparking debate.

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House Republicans Propose Rule Change For Speaker Ousting Process

House Republicans propose rule change requiring nine members to support Speaker removal, a strategic move in GOP leadership dynamics.

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Tennessee Republican Says He Supports Trump-Backed Mike Johnson Because He 'Doesn't Cheat on His Wife'

Rep.Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) extolled the virtues of Speaker Mike Johnson and praised him for not cheating on his wife ahead of Friday's vote for Speaker of the House.

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Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for House speaker. His future is still anything but certain

Some members of an unruly GOP caucus remain unenthused with Johnson — but what’s the alternative?

The Independent UK

Trump gets shot, the Harris ‘Brat’ summer and MAGA’s White House return: The political moments that defined 2024

One presidential election, two assassination attempts and hundreds of rallies filled the 2024 political headlines. But it didnt’ stop there

The Independent UK

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash

President-elect Donald Trump had previously clashed with Speaker Johnson over the passage of a bipartisan spending bill.

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Trump endorses Johnson to continue as House speaker

Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson to continue as House speaker, just days before he could face a close floor election to retain the gavel.

Roll Call

GOP "playing with fire" on speaker vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose one Republican vote when Congress is sworn in later this week

Salon

Trump Criticizes Mccarthy Over Debt Ceiling Suspension Decision

President-elect Trump criticizes debt ceiling suspension, urges prompt action. Treasury Secretary emphasizes urgency.

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MSNBC panel left in stitches after ex-GOP congressman touts Kevin McCarthy’s return as Speaker

‘I could see Donald Trump getting behind Kevin McCarthy. What a wonderful turn that would be,’ Joe Walsh told a panel on The Weekend

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Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership

Mike Lawler says Mike Johnson should remain speaker as cracks appear between Trump’s team and far right

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Democrat congressman calls for decriminalizing sex work after bombshell House report on Matt Gaetz

Michigan congressman says victims would be empowered to speak out if law changes

Salon

Democrats get back into the fight

Democrats exploit the Elon Musk debacle to divide and demoralize Trump's coalition

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Elon blows up Congress — and the illusion of Mike Johnson’s grip on power

‘DOGE’ chief ‘detonates’ an agreement and makes Mike Johnson break his word. What did the GOP gain?

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Trump backs Johnson amid calls for his ouster over shutdown debacle

President-elect says Speaker should keep his post if he moves legislation to raise the statutory debt ceiling

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Trump Opposes Deal To Avert Government Shutdown

US president-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown.

The Independent UK

Speaker Johnson ‘faces challengers’ in new year as anger grows in GOP over stop-gap bill

Some rebels in the GOP are angry at Johnson’s handling of the stop-gap bill to fund the federal government through March 14

Roll Call

Good says goodbye: ‘This Congress should have done even less’ - Roll Call

"The system is designed to protect the status quo," says the former Freedom Caucus chair, who lost a primary race to another Republican.

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Rep. Chip Roy Vying For House Rules Committee Chairmanship

Rep. Chip Roy emerges as a potential candidate for House Rules Committee chairmanship, navigating GOP dynamics and potential leadership transition.

The Independent UK

House voting on $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

National defense would see a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year under a Pentagon policy bill that provides for a double-digit pay raise for about half of the enlisted service members in the military

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Roy, a vocal critic of spending deals, seeks Rules gavel - Roll Call

Texas Republican Chip Roy has added his name to the crowded list of applicants to chair the powerful Rules Committee in the next Congress.

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