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'Choke point': MSNBC writer outlines path to halting the GOP agenda

Despite its Republican majority, the House of Representatives is "poised to be the biggest likely choke point" for Donald Trump's agenda, according to MSNBC opinion writer Hayes Brown. Rep. Thomas Massie remained the sole hold-out, upset over Johnson's handling of the pre-holiday federal budget vote that finally passed with help from Democrats. Regarding the narrow majority — Republicans won a …

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6 days, 4 hours ago

Trump-backed Mike Johnson remains House speaker after Republican holdouts flip votes

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Self later told reporters he switched his vote after receiving assurances that Johnson would …

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6 days, 5 hours ago

Mike Johnson Reelected House Speaker As GOP Unites

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson won reelection to the chamber’s top job Friday, but the victory was marred slightly by last-minute holdouts. While Johnson’s win was technically on the first and only ballot, he won only due to last-minute vote changes by two House Republicans, dragging the vote out by about an extra 45 minutes ― …

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6 days, 9 hours ago

Thomas Massie says there’s absolutely no way he’ll vote for Mike Johnson: ‘You can pull all my fingernails out’

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky indicated that no scenario …

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House Speaker Vote: Read Live Updates On Mike Johnson's Fate As Trump's Inauguration Nears

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Less than an hour before House lawmakers gavel in for the new Congress and elect a speaker, Rep. Thomas Massie said he wouldn't be voting for Mike Johnson and made the case for picking someone else to lead their conference. Without naming names, he said there are GOP members with a large staff of maybe 50 people and experience in …

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6 days, 22 hours ago

Republican vows to snub Mike Johnson even if GOP colleagues 'pull all my fingernails out'

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A Kentucky Republican made an extreme vow Thursday night during an appearance with disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz on Gaetz's debut show on a far-right news network. Massie's eyebrow-raising response came in response to Gaetz's question about whether he would vote for Mike Johnson to retain his House Speakership title if fellow Republican Rep. Chip Roy was named chairman of …

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6 days, 23 hours ago

'Don't give promises you can't deliver': GOP lawmakers warn Johnson not to ape McCarthy

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House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a massive difficulty in tomorrow's vote to keep him in the gavel. Specifically, they told him not to give the far-right flank rule changes that benefit them at the expense of the rest of the caucus, simply as a condition of getting their votes — something that ultimately destroyed McCarthy's speakership as he gave a …

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Republicans re-elect Mike Johnson as US House speaker in nail-biting vote

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The US has opened the 119th Congress with a vote for the speakership in its lower chamber, the House of Representatives. The United States House of Representatives has re-elected Republican Mike Johnson as its speaker, in a vote seen as a nail-biting test of party unity ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. Friday’s vote for …

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Johnson wins speakership bid after flipping two MAGA detractors

Salon

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson narrowly won the House speakership on Friday, overcoming a far-right-led effort to challenge his leadership in the first round of voting. But Self and Norman, both members of the far-right Freedom Caucus, flipped their votes before the first ballot concluded, delivering Johnson the 218 votes needed for the speakership. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries received 215 votes, …

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'No Fs to give': GOP rep remains committed to ousting Mike Johnson on eve of vote

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is still the favorite to hold the speaker's gavel when the new Congress is sworn in on Friday. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Rep. Thomas Massie is firm in his opposition to Johnson, which could complicate the Louisiana Republican's hopes of winning the speakership on the first ballot. Massie remains the only House Republican …

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1 week ago

'He's not that good at it': House Republican snipes at Speaker Johnson on eve of vote

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With House members of both parties assembling on Friday to vote on the next speaker, an unapologetic Rep. Tom Massie served notice once again on Thursday that he has no intention of supporting current House Speaker Mike Johnson for a second tour of duty. With a slim GOP 219 to 215 seat majority for Republicans, Johnson can't afford to lose …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Trump says he will make phone calls to drum up support for Mike Johnson ahead of speaker vote

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump told reporters he would make phone calls …

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1 week, 1 day ago

GOP Lawmaker Says Mike Johnson Doesn't Have The Votes To Be Speaker

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Chip Roy said House Speaker Mike Johnson could lose his bid to keep the gavel when the chamber votes later this week. “Right now, I don’t believe that he has the votes on Friday, and I think we need to have the conference get together so that we can get united,” Roy told Fox Business host …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Mike Johnson 'not out of the woods' yet — even with Trump’s endorsement: report

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This Friday, January 3 in the United States, a new Congress will be seated — and House Speaker Mike Johnson is hoping that he will remain in that position. "Several other Republicans — including Reps. Andy Harris, Andy Biggs and Victoria Spartz — are continuing to withhold support for Johnson despite Trump's endorsement," Brooks reports. "Rep. Thomas Massie, who has …

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Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for House speaker. His future is still anything but certain

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The support of the president-elect could be enough to move Trump loyalists like Anna …

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Trump suggests Canada could become 51st state as Musk expresses doubt over Speaker Johnson: Live updates

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Elon Musk knifes Mike Johnson immediately after backing Trump’s endorsement of him

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Elon Musk, the billionaire co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, suggested he could oppose Rep. Mike Johnson for speaker of the House — moments after promising "full support" for the Republican lawmaker. In a post on the X social media platform, Johnson thanked President-elect Donald Trump for his "Complete & Total endorsement." But less than an hour later, the …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Second House Republican signals defiance of Trump's Mike Johnson endorsement

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Rep, Victoria Spartz on Monday signaled that she's not on board with President-elect Donald Trump's decision to back Mike Johnson's bid for the speakership. Shortly after renegade Rep. Thomas Massie put out a statement defying Trump's call to make Johnson speaker, Spartz sent out a message on X that also poured cold water on the idea. However, we still need …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Renegade Republican defies Trump in House speaker battle

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Rep. Thomas Massie flouted Donald Trump's endorsement of embattled House speaker Mike Johnson Monday. The Kentucky Republican announced last week that he would not support Johnson's re-election bid as speaker as other GOP lawmakers indicated they were on the fence. "I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash

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President-elect Donald Trump had previously clashed with Speaker Johnson over the passage of a bipartisan spending bill. United States President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed the continued leadership of Mike Johnson in the House of Representatives, in an apparent attempt to limit Republican discord in the new year. “A weak legislative branch, beholden to the swamp, will not be able to …

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1 week, 4 days ago

"Playing with fire": Republican warns that ousting Speaker Mike Johnson would backfire on GOP

Salon

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is warning against the repercussions of his own party's attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who is facing harsh criticism for the U.S. spending bill that passed last week to avert a government shutdown. “The fact is that Mike Johnson inherited a disaster when Matt Gaetz and several of my colleagues teamed up with …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Top Republicans demand Congress to release ‘sexual slush fund list’

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Republicans are demanding the release of the “congressional sexual slush fund list.” On Thursday, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie joined the former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz in calling on Congress to release the names of lawmakers who used taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz have called on Congress to release the …

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1 week, 6 days ago

MTG joins Matt Gaetz’s call to release ‘congressional sexual slush fund list’

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Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie have joined former Rep. Matt Gaetz's call to release the "congressional sexual slush fund," a list of congresspeople accused of sexual harassment. I want to release the congressional sexual slush fund list. What Greene calls a "congressional sexual slush fund" refers to the payments made by the OCWR, formerly known as the Office …

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A razor-thin house majority creates headaches for republicans

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Republicans held on to control of the House of Representatives in November by one of the thinnest margins in the country’s history—even smaller than in the current Congress—a result that will have them walking a tightrope again for the next two years. One planned vacancy—that of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was elected to another term but said he won’t …

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'Choke point': MSNBC writer outlines path to halting the GOP agenda

Trump-backed Mike Johnson remains House speaker after Republican holdouts flip votes

Mike Johnson Reelected House Speaker As GOP Unites

Thomas Massie says there’s absolutely no way he’ll vote for Mike Johnson: ‘You can pull all my fingernails out’

House Speaker Vote: Read Live Updates On Mike Johnson's Fate As Trump's Inauguration Nears

Republican vows to snub Mike Johnson even if GOP colleagues 'pull all my fingernails out'

'Don't give promises you can't deliver': GOP lawmakers warn Johnson not to ape McCarthy

Republicans re-elect Mike Johnson as US House speaker in nail-biting vote

Johnson wins speakership bid after flipping two MAGA detractors

'No Fs to give': GOP rep remains committed to ousting Mike Johnson on eve of vote

'He's not that good at it': House Republican snipes at Speaker Johnson on eve of vote

Trump says he will make phone calls to drum up support for Mike Johnson ahead of speaker vote

GOP Lawmaker Says Mike Johnson Doesn't Have The Votes To Be Speaker

Mike Johnson 'not out of the woods' yet — even with Trump’s endorsement: report

Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for House speaker. His future is still anything but certain

Trump suggests Canada could become 51st state as Musk expresses doubt over Speaker Johnson: Live updates

Elon Musk knifes Mike Johnson immediately after backing Trump’s endorsement of him

Second House Republican signals defiance of Trump's Mike Johnson endorsement

Renegade Republican defies Trump in House speaker battle

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash

"Playing with fire": Republican warns that ousting Speaker Mike Johnson would backfire on GOP

Top Republicans demand Congress to release ‘sexual slush fund list’

MTG joins Matt Gaetz’s call to release ‘congressional sexual slush fund list’

A razor-thin house majority creates headaches for republicans