Mike Johnson, GOP and House

House GOP weighs rule changes as Johnson locks down speaker support
Johnson met with members of both the conservative Freedom Caucus and centrist Main Street Caucus on Wednesday to broker a deal ahead of leadership elections.
Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year
The first test will come Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections that will establish the new power centers for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.
House GOP Conference unanimously re-elects Johnson as Speaker
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will keep his job in the next Congress. The House Republican conference unanimously re-elected him to the top spot on Wednesday. President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson saying he was “with him all the way.”
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House GOP nominates Johnson for speaker, taps McClain for conference chair
As they edge toward a House majority, Republicans welcome President-elect Donald Trump, tap familiar faces to lead caucus.
House GOP support Speaker Mike Johnson as leader after securing their majority
House Republicans backed Speaker Mike Johnson to lead for another two years as they voted in leadership elections on Wednesday just as they secured majority control of the lower chamber for another two years.
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
Warring GOP factions strike deal to raise threshold to oust a House speaker
Two opposing House GOP factions have come together to agree on raising the threshold for the motion to vacate the chair.
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 ...
House GOP leadership announces new rules package raising motion to vacate threshold
House Republicans announced Wednesday night an agreement to raise the threshold to invoke a motion to vacate the speaker’s ...
Republicans Narrowly Keep House Majority, Completing a GOP Trifecta in Washington
Voters have given the once-fractured House GOP a second chance at leading by delivering Republicans another razor-thin House ...
Republicans win the U.S. House, giving Donald Trump and party control of government
Caption: U.S. voters have been waiting since Tuesday for word on who will control the House of Representatives. (Kent Nishimura/) Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House of ...