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Speaker Mike Johnson fights to save the House Republican majority — and his job
House Speaker Mike Johnson could serve for another two years in the top job if Republicans hold onto the House majority in the November elections, GOP members say.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
House Speaker Mike Johnson says House Ethics Committee shouldn't release Gaetz report
House Speaker Mike Johnson went on the record Friday saying he doesn't think the House Ethics Committee should not release its potentially damaging report on whether former Rep. Matt Gaetz engaged ...Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
House report on Matt Gaetz allegations should not be released, Speaker Johnson says
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday that he would "strongly request" that the House Ethics Committee not release a report detailing its investigation into former Rep.Top stories - NBC News - 5 days ago -
Speaker Mike Johnson supports banning transgender women from using women's bathrooms in the Capitol
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he supports restricting “single-sex facilities” in the Capitol, including restrooms, to “individuals of that biological sex”— which would effectively ban ...Top stories - NBC News - 18 hours ago -
House GOP nominates Johnson for Speaker
House Republicans on Wednesday nominated Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to retain the gavel in the upcoming 119th Congress, according to three sources in the room, as the conference prepares to ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Speaker Mike Johnson criticizes Obamacare and promises 'massive reform' if Trump wins
House Speaker Mike Johnson said there will be “massive” changes to health care and Obamacare if Donald Trump and Republicans win the election.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday left the door open to adjourning Congress so President-elect Donald Trump can appoint his Cabinet nominees outside of the usual Senate confirmation process if ...Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago -
Speaker Johnson becomes 'MAGA' Mike, cementing place in Trump's circle
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is cementing his place in President-elect Trump’s inner orbit, becoming not only a visible — if slightly out-of-place-looking — part of his entourage, but a key ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
How the House can still (at least temporarily) function without a Speaker
The House Rules Committee held a Member Day on Sept. 19, where members proposed changes to the legislative process, including allowing bills to have two original sponsors, expediting the ...Politics - The Hill - October 29 -
From the archives: House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the "Contract with America"
House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined Face the Nation in 1995 to discuss his plans for the "Contract with America," a series of legislative measures meant to shrink the size of the federal government.Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
House Speaker Johnson Walks Back Talk of Repealing CHIPS Act
In an up for grabs New York congressional district getting a Micron plant through federal grants, a comment that the GOP ‘probably will’ try to repeal the program quickly gets massaged to a desire ...Business - Inc. - November 4 -
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Trump's projected election win
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joined "CBS Mornings" to discuss what was a good night for Republicans with CBS News projecting that the GOP will retake the Senate and Donald Trump's return to ...Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Speaker Johnson, Scalise ask House Republicans for reelection to leadership
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) formally asked House Republicans to reelect them to their leadership posts in letters sent to GOP members on Wednesday. ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Rep. Ciscomani: House Speaker must deliver and keep Republicans unified
Arizona Rep. John Ciscomani (R) confirmed his support for Speaker Mike Johnson while also emphasizing the importance of having a House leader who can "actually deliver" and "keep our conference ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
House Republicans strike deal to make it harder to oust Speaker
Hard-line conservatives have struck a tentative deal with House Republicans concerned about chaos in the chamber, agreeing to raise the threshold to force a vote to oust the Speaker in exchange for ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
House GOP reaches deal to make it harder to oust speaker
The agreement would increase the threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
House Republicans strike deal on motion to vacate, making it harder to oust speaker
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday evening that House Republicans from across the conference struck a deal to raise the threshold for the motion to vacate.Top stories - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Speaker Johnson says it's not "appropriate" to release House Ethics report on Matt Gaetz
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he would "strongly request" that the House Ethics Committee withhold a potentially damaging report on its investigation into whether former Rep. Matt Gaetz engaged ...Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
House speaker Johnson wades into controversy over trans rights
After Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly trans woman elected to Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson said restrooms in Congress are "reserved for individuals of that biological sex." ...Politics - NBC News - 13 hours ago -
Harris slams Speaker Mike Johnson for saying the GOP may repeal CHIPS Act
Vice President Kamala Harris tore into Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday for his comment that Republicans might seek to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act if they take control of Congress in ...Politics - NBC News - November 2 -
Trump campaign distances itself from House speaker's plan for 'massive reform' to ACA
House Speaker Mike Johnson's assertion that Republicans would implement "massive reform" to the Affordable Care Act is causing a bit of a headache for the Trump campaign.Top stories - ABC News - October 30 -
House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back
House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to clarify remarks he made at a New York campaign rally where he suggested that Republicans may try to repeal legislation that has spurred U.S. production of ...Tech - ABC News - November 1 -
Harris slams House speaker for suggesting GOP would cut federal semiconductor aid
Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are zeroing in on Sunbelt states as they embark on one last weekend quest to sway undecided voters in battleground states that will determine the ...Top stories - ABC News - November 2 -
Harris defends CHIPS Act after House Speaker Johnson suggests GOP would try to repeal law
Donald Trump regularly attacks Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden for the CHIPS Act.Business - CNBC - November 2 -
House Speaker Johnson calls ethics report on Matt Gaetz a 'rough draft' and says it shouldn't be released
"It's in a rough draft form. Was not yet ready to be released, and since Matt Gaetz left the Congress, I don't think it's appropriate to do so," Johnson said.Business - CNBC - 3 days ago -
Matt Gaetz ‘paid for sex’, says lawyer for two women who testified to House committee – live
Attorney for witnesses who testified in the investigation relating to Matt Gaetz says the former congressman paid the women to have sex with him. Trump pick Matt Gaetz under further scrutiny amid ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Outcry over stalemate on Gaetz report; Bernie Sanders’ Senate vote on blocking some arms to Israel fails – US politics live
Democrat Susan Wild says committee chair Michael Guest mischaracterized meeting and committee will reconvene in December; US Senate to also vote on two resolutions on mortar rounds and a GPS ...World - The Guardian - 11 hours ago -
Mike Johnson May Win the House but Lose His Dignity
He may be about to star in a new role as Trump’s legislative puppet.Top stories - The New York Times - November 9 -
Trump rules out jobs for Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley in administration
President-elect is expected to favour loyalists as he builds up his second-term cabinetBusiness - Financial Times - November 10 -
Democrat George Whitesides ousts GOP Rep. Mike Garcia from Los Angeles House seat
The blue-tinged district was among Democrats’ top hopes for a pick-up this year.Politics - Politico - November 11 -
Mike Johnson says he doesn't think House Ethics Committee should release Gaetz report
House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think the House Ethics Committee should release the findings of its investigation into Matt Gaetz.Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
McConnell says Pelosi has done 'pretty good job' as ex-Speaker
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he thinks Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has done a “pretty good job” transitioning out of her House leadership role and suggested he would ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
A lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party is elected as speaker of Austria's parliament
A lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party has been elected as the new speaker of Austria’s parliament, weeks after the party won a national election for the first timeWorld - ABC News - October 24 -
Speaker at Trump rally compares Puerto Rico to ‘island of garbage’
A speaker at former President Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday spent a portion of his time attacking Puerto Rico, drawing backlash from Democrats and the Harris campaign. Comedian Tony ...Politics - The Hill - October 27 -
A Trump Rally Speaker Trashed Puerto Ricans. Harris Reached Out to Them.
Her campaign moved swiftly to highlight that even as a speaker at Donald Trump’s rally in New York made offensive remarks about Puerto Rico and Latinos, she was visiting Puerto Rican voters in ...Top stories - The New York Times - October 28