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'No help from me': House Dems vow they will no longer 'save' Speaker Mike Johnson

A federal government shutdown was avoided late Friday when outgoing President Joe Biden signed into law a last-minute funding plan. A shutdown appeared likely after some bills that Speaker Mike Johnson supported failed in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Axios' Andrew Solender, however, House Democrats are "sending an early warning signal" to Johnson that he " shouldn't count …

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3 days, 17 hours ago

Last-minute budget bill to prevent US government shutdown prevails in House

Al Jazeera

The bill now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass with only hours remaining before an expected shutdown. “We are really grateful that tonight, in bipartisan fashion with overwhelming majority of votes, we passed the American Relief Act of 2025,” Mike Johnson, the House speaker, said in a news conference after the vote. But this week, President-elect …

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4 days, 19 hours ago

Speaker Johnson ‘faces challengers’ in new year as anger grows in GOP over stop-gap bill

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. Read our privacy policy Mike Johnson could be challenged for the speaker’s chair in …

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1 week ago

'Complicated' appointment threatens to create new enemies in GOP for Mike Johnson: report

Raw Story

House Speaker Mike Johnson has a new issue on his hands for the next Congress, according to a report Monday — who to put in charge of the House Rules Committee. The most likely choice at the moment appears to be Rep. Virginia Foxx, "the outgoing chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and a senior member …

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1 month ago

Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex, a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, months before she is set to arrive on Capitol Hill. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such …

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Live updates: Trump presidential transition news

CNN

House Speaker Mike Johnson is pictured during an interview with CNN on November 17. CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson says he has not spoken with President-elect Donald Trump about the House Ethics Committee report on sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Gaetz, Trump’s choice for the next attorney general. “My understanding is that the report is not finished, it’s in a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mike Johnson wins Republican nomination to retain House speakership

China Daily

US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at a press conference for House Republicans, following their leadership meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 13, 2024. WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won Republican nomination to remain in the position, after President-elect Donald Trump appeared to have backed him during a meeting with House Republicans. Johnson, a Louisiana …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Bachelor's Matty 'J' Johnson and wife Laura Byrne share divisive detail in their beach house renovation: 'Don't come for us'

Daily Mail

The Bachelor's Matty J and Laura Byrne have caused quite a stir on social media after revealing a controversial design choice in their latest beach house renovation. Matty took to Instagram to unveil the news, captioning a video of the ongoing bathroom work with, 'Don't come for us, but this will be a bath-less house.' The Bachelor 's Matty J …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans Close Out Final Week Of 2024 Race By Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans have spent months assuring voters they wouldn’t do what Democrats have claimed they would do if they win control of Congress and the White House. On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said House Republicans would seek to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act a bipartisan law whose federal investments in semiconductor factories have ushered in a …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump's campaign stops give away the game

Salon

In every losing campaign's postmortem, the analysts insist that the candidate should have gone where he or she did not. Some very tight House races in those two states may very well be decisive as to whether Mike Johnson or Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, currently the minority leader, will be the speaker in the next Congress. A …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Lord of the Flies’: Inside MTG’s effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

Raw Story

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to survive a challenge from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other far-right Republicans next week, but the goal isn’t to elect a new speaker. “I think you should talk to my comms director right here, and he’ll tell you about all the support I have.” Greene then went in to vote on …

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8 months ago

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. Next is the Senate

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The House has approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare weekend session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion. “The eyes of the world are upon us, and history will judge what we do here and now,” …

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8 months ago

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history -- but also end his own career -- House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance. Not quite six months on the job, Johnson’s leadership will help determine if the U.S. is able to hold its standing as what the speaker has called a “beacon of …

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8 months ago

Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of coming to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s rescue should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., force a vote seeking his ouster, though it will likely depend on his ability to deliver an emergency aid package focused on Ukraine and Israel. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said if the aid package makes it over the …

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8 months ago

Biden urges Congress to end impasse and send aid to Israel and Ukraine

Al Jazeera

US president’s appeal comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson unveils plans to bring funding bills for a vote. Citing Iran’s weekend attack against the US ally, President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass stalled legislation that would provide billions in military and other aid to Israel. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Biden wrote, “ Iran succeeds in …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Push to oust Mike Johnson as speaker strengthens as Marjorie Taylor Greene gets co-sponsor

Raw Story

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a new ally in her threatened motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep. Thomas Massie, a far-right backbench lawmaker known for frequently butting heads with leadership, announced on X that he will co-sponsor Greene's resolution, which has not yet been filed and which Greene is currently holding over Johnson's head as a threat. Johnson …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Trump and Mike Johnson promote ‘great replacement’ theory to unveil election bill at Mar-a-Lago

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Johnson, behind a lectern bearing the club’s …

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8 months, 1 week ago

What is FISA? US House passes controversial surveillance bill despite Donald Trump's plea to 'kill it'

Hindustan Times

The House voted Friday to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data. The legislation approved Friday would permit the U.S. government to collect, without a warrant, the communications of non-Americans located outside the country to …

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8 months, 1 week ago

GOP Group Blocks Surveillance Law Update In House

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rebellious House Republicans on Wednesday turned back an effort to renew an anti-terror surveillance law that’s been used in the past to spy on Americans, leaving its fate up in the air less than 10 days before it’s set to expire. The fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — and particularly the post-9/11-era spying provision Section …

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9 months ago

'Absurdity from absurd members': Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle slam MTG's new move

Raw Story

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's new motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, they said in interviews with Raw Story Friday. Outrage churned on Capitol Hill as Greene targeted Johnson — who forced members to vote on a massive omnibus spending package to prevent a government shutdown — by …

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9 months ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

LA Times

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of being ousted after hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to vacate on Friday in the middle of a vote on a $1.2-trillion package to keep the government open. It’s the same political dynamic that removed the last Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, just five months ago when far-right …

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9 months, 1 week ago

'You're a fraud!': Gavin Newsom hits back at Mike Johnson over GOP accomplishments

Raw Story

California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom and the GOP's House Speaker Mike Johnson went to war against one another on Wednesday. It began when Newsom, who in recent months held a debate against then-GOP candidate Ron DeSantis, fired a shot at Republicans for being too hyper-focused on a border issue they purportedly aren't clamoring to fix. That led Johnson to respond: …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine’s troops are rationing ammunition. Yet House Republicans plan to take weeks to mull more aid

LA Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. Shortages of ammunition and supplies are resulting in Ukraine losing ground, congressional leaders warn, yet the Republican-controlled House has shown little hurry to resupply Kyiv with military aid. Shortages of ammo and supplies are resulting in lost ground to Moscow, U.S. congressional leaders warn, yet the …

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10 months ago

U.S. aid to Ukraine hinges on House Speaker Johnson. His leadership is being tested by far right

LA Times

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with congressional leaders in Washington late last year he told them privately what is now public: With U.S. weapons, they could win the war against Russia, but without them Russian President Vladimir Putin would be victorious. Biden also reaffirmed the “strong bipartisan support” in the U.S. government and among Americans for Ukraine’s sovereignty and …

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'No help from me': House Dems vow they will no longer 'save' Speaker Mike Johnson

Last-minute budget bill to prevent US government shutdown prevails in House

Speaker Johnson ‘faces challengers’ in new year as anger grows in GOP over stop-gap bill

'Complicated' appointment threatens to create new enemies in GOP for Mike Johnson: report

Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms

Live updates: Trump presidential transition news

Mike Johnson wins Republican nomination to retain House speakership

The Bachelor's Matty 'J' Johnson and wife Laura Byrne share divisive detail in their beach house renovation: 'Don't come for us'

Republicans Close Out Final Week Of 2024 Race By Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud

Donald Trump's campaign stops give away the game

‘Lord of the Flies’: Inside MTG’s effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. Next is the Senate

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

Biden urges Congress to end impasse and send aid to Israel and Ukraine

Push to oust Mike Johnson as speaker strengthens as Marjorie Taylor Greene gets co-sponsor

Trump and Mike Johnson promote ‘great replacement’ theory to unveil election bill at Mar-a-Lago

What is FISA? US House passes controversial surveillance bill despite Donald Trump's plea to 'kill it'

GOP Group Blocks Surveillance Law Update In House

'Absurdity from absurd members': Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle slam MTG's new move

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

'You're a fraud!': Gavin Newsom hits back at Mike Johnson over GOP accomplishments

Ukraine’s troops are rationing ammunition. Yet House Republicans plan to take weeks to mull more aid

U.S. aid to Ukraine hinges on House Speaker Johnson. His leadership is being tested by far right