A Republican congressman is speaking out in support of Mike Johnson as some colleagues continue to question the House Speaker's motives over the spending bill.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to flex his political muscle, but instead got hit in the face, according to a former Republican staffer. Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI),
Mike Johnson's wrangling to prevent a government shutdown angered Democrats to his left and Republicans to his right, putting his gavel in peril.
There will be plenty of time – the entire rest of this year, in fact – to be merry and bright and make resolutions with the life expectancy of a mayfly. To happily bid farewell to 2024. In the meantime, please consider this column to be more like a preemptive Jan. 1, 2025, hangover.
Several House Republicans have objected to a stopgap measure that aims to prevent a government shutdown later this week.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) notched a major win Friday by averting a government shutdown, but it has not taken him out of the woods in his fight to retain the speaker's gavel on Jan. 3. Why it matters: Johnson will likely be able to bank just one GOP defection and still win.
It's not a guarantee Mike Johnson will lose his job next Congress, but with a government shutdown looming days before Christmas, a challenge looks more likely.
A handful of conservative House Republicans were voicing concerns about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to President-elect Trump even before last week’s government funding fiasco, multiple sources on
A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will the 119th Congress fare better?
Johnson's push for a short-term government funding bill met louder resistance than usual from Republicans in the House.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Benton, talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass.