House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, echoed Johnson's sentiment by telling reporters, "Voting in favor of an impeachment inquiry does not equal impeachment." GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who has been pushing Republicans to impeach the president, told CNN the reason he sees...
After two rounds of voting, Mike Johnson has the most votes in the House GOP's latest attempt to nominate a speaker, though he’s still short the majority he needs to become the conference nominee. Three candidates are now out of the running: Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.) and Rep. Rog...
Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC exclusive interview with House Speaker Representative Mike Johnson and CNBC's Eamon Javers during the CNBC CEO Council Summit conference in DC today, Tuesday, June 4. Following is a link to video on CNBC....
In a surprise reversal, Johnson has secured support for his speakership on the first ballot, with 218 Republicans supporting his bid of the 434 members voting. He needed a majority of the voting members of the chamber to win the gavel. Jeffries had 215 votes from Democrats, while three Repu...
The House is now voting on a rules package that will govern how the 118th Congress operates. Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to GOP hardliners to win the gavel frustrated some centrist House Republicans, and GOP leaders have been racing Monday to alleviate those concerns ahead of the ...
The House is now voting to pass a resolution in support of Israel in the war against Hamas – the first measure to come to the floor to be passed after Speaker Mike Johnson was elected this morning following three weeks of a speakerless-House. This is expected to pass with overwhelming...
Mike Johnson, who was elected House speaker, took the lead in filing a brief in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Biden’s 2020 election win.
Rep. Ken Buck, one of the leading anti-Jordan members, supported Emmer as speaker, voting for him in each of the three rounds of voting when Scalise was the nominee. By Nikole Killion 1:49 PM / October 20, 2023 Who might run for House speaker now?
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.
SPEAKER JOHNSON: I've always said Vladimir Putin needed to be defeated. I've never changed my position. MARGARET BRENNAN: Marjorie Taylor Greene came out publicly a few days ago and said you had. She said, "he went from having a voting record to literally a month later going against his...