Mike Johnson wins reelection as House speaker in dramatic vote to open new Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.
Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to save his job as a new Congress convenes
The new Congress convenes Friday with one major task at hand — the election of the House speaker. But current Speaker Mike Johnson’s weak grip on the gavel threatens not only his own survival but President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda of tax cuts and mass deportations as Republicans sweep to power in Washington.
Mike Johnson Faces Monumental Fight for Speaker
As Speaker Mike Johnson faces a vote that could end his tenure, analysts warn it will not be without consequences for House Republicans.
Republican Mike Johnson re-elected as U.S. House speaker after dramatic vote
Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won re-election Friday to the U.S. House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from U.
Mike Johnson reelected House Speaker
Rep. Mike Johnson will keep the role as House Speaker after being reelected on Friday. Some Republicans were threatening to vote against the incumbent due to his handling of the recent handling of the government shutdown threat.
Mike Johnson is 2 votes short of winning House speaker on first ballot
The 119th Congress is convening for the first time on Friday and House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life — again. While the Louisiana Republican has the support of President-elect Donald Trump,
Mike Johnson flips holdouts to retain speakership as Republicans take majorities
Mike Johnson will retain the speaker's gavel after flipping two Republicans who initially voted against him to secure his job on the first ballot as the GOP takes majorities in both chambers in Congress and prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take the White House later this month.
Congress avoids a shutdown but leaves ‘a big mess' for Trump and Republicans in 2025
Another funding bill. A debt limit extension. Major party-line bills on immigration and taxes. Nominations. Trump tried to ...
Congress avoids shutdown, but this Trump-Musk whiplash is only a preview | Opinion
President-elect Donald Trump, following the lead of his edgelord chancellor Elon Musk, has given Democrats a gift that ...
US Troops (Usually) Don't Get Paid During a Government Shutdown, But Congress Does
However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.
Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands
Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike ...
Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Republican lawmakers have now clawed back half the investment the Biden administration made in the tax agency.
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Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown
WASHINGTON -- Congress stripped the IRS of an additional $20 billion last week when averting the government shutdown. Originally, congressional Democrats had given the IRS $80 billion in the 2022 ...
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Government shutdown recap: Congress passes funding deal
WASHINGTON − Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would have left thousands of federal employees furloughed just days before the winter holidays.
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Government funding bill clears Congress, averting a shutdown
The Senate approved legislation early Saturday to extend the federal budget into the spring, averting a government shutdown. ...
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Congress clears government shutdown patch following Trump, Musk disruptions
In Congress’ last action of the year, the Senate passed a funding patch early Saturday with more than $110 billion in disaster aid, averting a government shutdown and closing out the 118th ...
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Congress avoids a holiday shutdown: Winners and losers
Congress hasn’t seen a shutdown in roughly six years. During the last one, in 2018 and 2019, thousands of federal workers were furloughed or experienced disruptions in pay. Because Congress had ...