At least one House Republican has said he will vote against Johnson. The speaker can lose only two GOP votes and still survive.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s fate may well depend on whether he can stay in President-elect Donald Trump’s good graces.
Kentucky's Thomas Massie said he will not support Johnson's re-election bid, with others undecided amid funding bill fallout.
With the funding deadline looming and his speakership on the line, Johnson faces a quixotic to-do list: negotiate a new funding bill to avert a government shutdown, address a list of asks by Trump and his allies — and then hope there are somehow enough House Republican votes so that he doesn’t have to rely on Democrats to pass it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, are listen during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate the upcoming eight-day festival of Hanukkah on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
President-elect Donald Trump isn’t joining calls from some in his party to replace House Speaker Mike Johnson at the start of the next Congress after the Louisiana Republican tanked a bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown, apparently on orders from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
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GOP Congressman Hits Colleagues Who Are Going After Speaker Johnson: They ‘Just Have to Put the Media in Front of the Country’A Republican congressman is speaking out in support of Mike Johnson as some colleagues continue to question the House Speaker's motives over the spending bill.
The figure suggests that Trump will struggle to make any significant changes to the program without alienating his supporters.
On the first day of the new Congress, representatives will vote for the speaker of the House as Mike Johnson fights to keep the job.
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