Posted on 01/04/2025 12:04:20 AM PST by RandFan
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defied his most conservative critics to retain his gavel in the next Congress, overcoming threats from a group of far-right lawmakers leery of his leadership record and commitment to spending cuts.
The victory puts Johnson in the driver’s seat of the lower chamber just as President-elect Trump is poised to return to the White House for a second term, lending Republicans control of all levers of power in Washington for at least the next two years.
It didn’t come easy.
Johnson was initially on a path to lose the first round when three Republicans voted on Friday to elevate other figures to the Speakership post — two more detractors than Johnson could afford given the Republicans’ hairline majority. The math changed only when two of those Republicans flipped their votes — a shift that came with a nudge from Trump, who called in amid the long vote to lobby for Johnson.
The messy process grants Johnson the leadership seat he was after, but also forecasts challenges ahead as the Speaker seeks to unify the Republicans’ restive conference behind Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda beginning in the early months of 2025.
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*sigh*
The Dems got snookered. They were soooooo sure Republicans would mess it up.
The SHILL seems disappointed.
I understand and agree with the disappointment with Johnson. But I am glad for the quickie vote. A long-protracted vote to oust, would have held up the Trump agenda. Hopefully Johnson, seeing how Trump helped him, will get on board the Trump Train.
Ah, it seems like even when we pick someone who we think is hardcore conservative, they change once theyget the position they wanted.
So better off just getting it though fast, like you said, and working with him
Here is hoping for it.
Media injected unnecessary worry.
He will be Raul Ryan Part 2 , sabotaging everything he can .
Are there any assurances this time ? lol
Like ‘fixing’ the debt ceiling ? If it doesn’t come with 2.5 trillion in spending cuts I’m out.
So glad to see that Johnson regained his position. No reason that he shouldn’t have. Nothing to be gained by voting in a Democrat & I don’t mean to be demeaning to Jeffries.
In other words....
Nice play!!!!
I fear you are right.
But the Trump lawyers should’ve kept an eye on GOP House and Senate races, and not just Trump’s performance.
A snake in the grass .
Donald Trump wouldn’t win a vote for the House Speaker post. Most Republicans in Congress represent districts where the voters are far from “MAGA” on many issues even if they did vote for Trump three times.
Jeffries said “we need to fart hard.”
How much of a nail bitter was it? He won on the first ballot.
ROTFLMAO!
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