House speaker election highlights Republican divisions Although Mr Johnson won re-election in the first voting round, his victory was exceedingly narrow (he secured no more than the minimum 218 votes required) and followed initial opposition by a handful of Republican lawmakers. The episode highlights...
House Republicans have been racked by internal divisions over the last two years. Johnson was elevated to speaker after the party ousted his predecessor Kevin McCarthy in the middle of his term. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Speaker Mike Johnson light the shamash candle of the ...
House of Representatives, a move that could embroil their party in chaos months before the November election. The move is a rare open act of defiance of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has publicly backed Johnson as speaker and dismissed the ouster...
If Johnson -- or another Republican -- is unable to coalesce a majority of support, the chamber could be without a speaker in time for the official certification of Trump's victory on Jan. 6, sparking an uncertain path forward as it is difficult for the House to do business without ...
In such divisive times, when the Presidential Administration and the House are controlled by differing parties, it has become a rite of passage for the speaker to engage in a path of confrontation against the White House. The usual aim is to coerce them into making politically humiliating conces...
FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives at a news conference at Columbia University in response to demonstrators protesting in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and th...
US House Poised to Vote on Urgently Needed Debt Ceiling Suspension More Reuters FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., after the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in ...
Never since the American Civil War, in the mid-19th century, had the election of a U.S. House speaker been so contentious. Although he prevailed, as Reuters notes, it comes at a "cost," one which involved "making extensive concessions to right-wing hardliners that raised questions about...
Matt Gaetz, one of the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's harshest critics, answers questions from members of the media after speaking on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, October 2, 2023. US Representative Matt Gae...
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday pulled back on plans to reauthorize one of America's most hotly debated domestic surveillance programs, saying he was "still working on consensus" as bipartisan opposition mounted against the plan. Johnson told reporters more time was needed to reac...