US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as they attend the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation’s annual event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday announced its support for the latest short-term government … Read more
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers rejected a ploy by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to combine legislation to fund the government with a right-wing bill attacking the illusory threat of illegal voting. Johnson’s gambit failed thanks to unified opposition from Democrats, plus objections from a handful of Republicans who complained the bill didn’t cut government spending enough. … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said it is in the best interest of his party to avoid a government shutdown, adding that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for the GOP to go down this route ahead of the presidential election. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the lower chamber would hold … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would preserve some of the clean energy tax credits enacted under President Joe … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a planned vote Wednesday on a stopgap funding bill that could keep the government open for the next six months after more than a dozen of his fellow Republicans walked back their support for it. “We’re going to work through the weekend on that,” said Johnson, R-La., less than five … Read more
WASHINGTON — Several far-right Republicans have come out against a plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to pair must-pass government funding with a bill targeting the supposed threat of widespread noncitizen voting. At least six Republicans have said they would vote against the bill, which is likely more than Johnson can lose without having … Read more
Republican lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to resign after he announced Sunday that he will no longer seek reelection. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said in a post on X after Biden announced his … Read more
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle should be let go, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday in the latest volley of criticism she has taken since the agency failed to keep a gunman from injuring former President Donald Trump less than a week ago. Cheatle was recorded trying to escape angry GOP lawmakers Wednesday at the … Read more
Leaders in both parties were quick to condemn the shooting at the Donald Trump rally Saturday that wounded the former president as violence with no place in the U.S. political system. “I am horrified by what happened at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania and relieved that former President Trump is safe. Political violence has no … Read more
(NewsNation) — House Speaker Mike Johnson says, while Democrats are in panic mode after Thursday’s debate, “the American people have been in panic for the entirety of the Biden administration.” Johnson spoke to NewsNation on a wide range of subjects, including the future of President Joe Biden’s reelection effort. “They don’t really know what their option … Read more
