Mike Johnson as speaker of the House ... earned the gavel when Texas Rep. Keith Self and South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman flipped their votes. And with Johnson possessing the gavel, Democrat Rep.
Norman had just voted against Mike Johnson when Nancy Mace handed him the phone and said that Trump wanted to speak with him.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) gestures to Representative Ralph Norman, Republican of South Carolina, during the vote for Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress on ...
The win came after a tense stand-off with House Republicans and a phone call from Donald Trump to two members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus.
Senior Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn on Sunday encouraged newly reelected House Speaker Mike Johnson to work with Democrats on agenda items in the new term. “I would think that the speaker ought ...
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker Friday on a first vote, overcoming skepticism about his leadership from some in his party. Johnson clinched the post after two ...