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  • Speaker Johnson Cancels Votes for Rest of Week, Derailing 2 Critical Bills

    04/02/2025 8:50:02 AM PDT · by cuz1961 · 26 replies
    Truth Press ^ | 4/2/2025
    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) abruptly canceled all votes for the remainder of the week, halting progress on critical conservative legislation—including the SAVE Act and measures to rein in rogue judicial activism—despite having full authority to keep the House in session.
  • Speaker Johnson Cancels Votes for Rest of Week, Derailing Two Critical Bills, Despite Having Power to Proceed

    04/01/2025 7:23:07 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 25 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 4/1/25 | Jim Hoft
    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) abruptly canceled all votes for the remainder of the week, halting progress on critical conservative legislation—including the SAVE Act and measures to rein in rogue judicial activism—despite having full authority to keep the House in session. The move comes after a humiliating defeat on the House floor Tuesday when Johnson attempted to torpedo a controversial rule that would allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely. Luna, who’s been locking horns with Johnson over this, celebrated the outcome as a “historical day,” crowing that “parents deserve a voice in Washington.” Teaming up with Rep. Brittany...
  • Nine House Republicans Send Mike Johnson a Message: We Have Votes to Vacate You as Speaker

    01/05/2025 6:45:56 AM PST · by SmokingJoe · 118 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/03/2025 | Wensel Husebo
    Nine House Republicans signaled to Speaker Mike Johnson that they have leverage to file a motion to vacate him from the position. The House rules package set to be voted upon after the Speaker is elected contains a provision that sets a nine member threshold for a motion to vacate the Speaker. In the previous Congress, the threshold was only one member, by which Kevin McCarthy lost his power. Three House Republican members voted for someone other than Johnson on the first ballot Friday. Two of the three then changed their vote to Johnson. Six additional members also initially withheld...
  • Speaker Mike Johnson's High Noon Moment Tomorrow

    01/02/2025 8:30:03 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 91 replies
    Hotair ^ | 01/02/2024 | Duane Paterson
    With the nation's focus rightly on the terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, and with what appears to be a gang shootout at a nightclub in Queens, the vote for the first domino to fall in a series of changes from the outgoing Biden administration to the incoming Trump administration takes place at Noon Eastern on Friday. Sure, Inauguration Day is on the 20th, and that promises to a Day One for the ages. But don't forget January 6th, which is when the House certifies the election results, putting President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-Elect J.D. Vance on the...
  • Jeffries on Johnson’s future as Speaker: ‘There will be no Democrats available to save him’

    01/02/2025 11:57:59 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 46 replies
    The Hill ^ | 12/22/2024 | Sarah Fortinsky
    House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said Sunday that Democrats will not save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he fails to get enough support from his own party to retain his gavel. Jeffries pointed to the collapse of the bipartisan government funding agreement as a key reason Johnson would not get support from Democrats when his Speakership comes up for a vote again at the start of January. Asked in an interview on “Inside with Jen Psaki” whether Jeffries thinks Johnson is at risk of losing his position, Jeffries said, “I think that’s a real risk.” “And there will be...
  • Johnson to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Day, discuss ‘strategy’

    01/01/2025 8:08:06 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 30 replies
    The Hill ^ | 01/01/2025 | Julia Shapero
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) plans to meet with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Day to discuss “strategy,” as the top House Republican prepares for Friday’s Speaker election. “I’m going to be with him at Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Day,” Johnson told News Radio 710 KEEL in Shreveport, La., according to a report published Tuesday. “We’re going to map out some strategy.” Johnson said the president-elect initially wanted to reveal his endorsement of the Speaker on New Year’s Day but moved it up to Monday.
  • Report: Some House Republicans Want Trump to ‘Dump’ Speaker Mike Johnson

    12/24/2024 7:02:50 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 29 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/24/2024 | Amy Furr
    President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly been hearing from several House Republicans about their concerns regarding House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Sources on Capitol Hill and people around Trump told the Hill the group was voicing their worries prior to the recent government funding debacle, the outlet reported on Tuesday. The Republicans apparently talked with Trump weeks before the “shutdown showdown” and shared their worries about how Johnson has handled different issues, per the Hill. The outlet noted that most of the sources spoke on the condition of anonymity and did not share any of the Republicans’ names.
  • Speaker Johnson’s next job is tamping down a bubbling GOP revolt against him

    12/24/2024 10:48:33 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 64 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | Monday, December 23, 2024 | Alex Miller and Lindsey McPherson
    House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work the phones over the holidays in a bid to avoid losing the gavel in January after some hard-right lawmakers denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations. Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, is in hot water with at least a handful of Republicans who could block his reelection to speaker on Jan. 3 by voting for another candidate. The move could leave the speaker’s chair empty for days or more as House Republicans search for a replacement who can win nearly every vote in a razor-thin GOP majority. It would prevent the House from...
  • Johnson’s Massive CR Extends Censorship Entity’s Life

    12/18/2024 12:32:28 PM PST · by george76 · 21 replies
    PJ Media ^ | December 18, 2024 | Catherine Salgado | 12:08 PM on
    House Speaker Mike Johnson is, once again, handing Democrats a gift and the American people a defeat with a massive and irresponsible omnibus spending bill — which includes an extension on a censorship entity that was supposed to be dismantled this year. How can Republicans expect to win the next election if they keep doing the same thing that Democrats would do? Donald Trump has raised hopes by establishing a new Department of Government Efficiency to slash federal spending and activities, but he and DOGE could find that hard to do in 2025 if this continuing resolution is passed. Among...
  • Mike Johnson’s Latest Spending Scheme Proves He’s Democrats’ Useful Idiot

    12/18/2024 9:08:47 AM PST · by Kazan · 77 replies
    The Federalist ^ | December 18, 2024 | Shawn Fleetwood
    Mike Johnson is a pathetic excuse for a Republican who has no business being speaker, let alone a congressman.It’s another day that ends in “-y,” which means House Speaker Mike Johnson is busy stabbing conservative voters in the back.Following days of backdoor scheming, congressional leaders released the text of their 1,547-page spending measure to fund the federal government through March 2025. Deceptively marketed as a “continuing resolution” or CR, the bill bears all the hallmarks of the bloated omnibus packages Johnson recently promised voters wouldn’t happen under his watch.“We have broken the Christmas omni and I have no intention of...
  • 'A Total Dumpster Fire': Conservatives Furious as GOP Leadership Strikes Deal on Massive Spending Bill

    12/18/2024 3:26:36 AM PST · by blueplum · 49 replies
    Western Journal ^ | 17 Dec 2024 | Randy DeSoto
    History appears to be repeating itself this week as Congress has brokered an agreement on a massive year-end catch-all spending bill... “It’s a total dumpster fire. I think it’s garbage,” GOP Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri, who is a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, said. “...people that celebrate DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] coming in, and yet we’re going to vote for another billion dollars to be added to the deficit. It’s ironic,” added the lawmaker, who probably meant to say trillion dollars, given the legislation would fund the entire government until March 14.... Fellow Freedom Caucus member Rep....
  • House Republicans fume at Speaker Johnson over handling of CR: ‘A total dumpster fire’

    12/17/2024 11:45:06 AM PST · by quantim · 78 replies
    Yahoo ^ | December 17, 2024 | Mychael Schnell
    House Republicans are fuming at Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year measure to extend government funding until March, saying it is more like a sprawling omnibus — which they abhor — than a simple temporary funding measure. The continuing resolution (CR), which will keep government funding at current levels through March 14, is also set to include $100.4 billion in disaster aid for those affected by hurricanes earlier this year and $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, lawmakers said, among other provisions. “It’s not a CR, which is a continuation of the budget. It’s turning into an...
  • Mike Johnson asks House colleagues to re-elect him to speakership post

    11/07/2024 6:08:58 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 94 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/07/2024 | Victor Nava
    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) intends to remain at the helm of the lower chamber and asked his colleagues Wednesday to help him keep his gavel. ​​”The American people have shown by their votes that they are ready to turn from the misery of the past four years and embark on a brighter, bolder path that is marked not by big government, bureaucratic control, poverty, inflation and wokeness—but by liberty, security, strength, prosperity and opportunity,” the Louisiana Republican wrote in a letter to lawmakers. “I’m ready to take the field with all of you, and I am humbly asking for...
  • Speaker Johnson says House will not approve ‘Christmas omnibus’

    09/25/2024 2:38:45 AM PDT · by blueplum · 57 replies
    The Hill ^ | 24 Sept 2024 | Emily Brooks
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is promising that the House will not approve a single, massive bill to fund the entire government in December — a scenario feared by conservatives — despite a stopgap that’s expected to clear the House this week expiring on Dec. 20. “There won’t be a Christmas omnibus,” Johnson said in a press conference Tuesday, reiterating a message he relayed privately to members in a House GOP conference meeting that morning. It is a bold promise...And it would also defy historical precedent. Congress has regularly passed omnibus spending bills after a funding deadline butts up against end-of-year...
  • BETRAYAL: Speaker Mike Johnson to Bring Resolution to Fund the Government WITHOUT the SAVE Act, Which Would Require Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration

    09/22/2024 12:33:22 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 79 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | September 22, 2024 | Cullen Linebargar
    In a tale as old as time, the Republican Party is preparing to stab their own voters in the back once again and surrender to Democrats on critical legislation. As The Gateway Pundit reported, the bill in question this time involves The SAVE Act. This legislation mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections and has become a rallying cry for many Americans who believe it is crucial to safeguarding the sanctity of the ballot box. President Trump has been unyielding in his support for the SAVE Act, even suggesting that the government should shut down if the...
  • Speaker Johnson announces bipartisan deal on short-term spending bill

    09/22/2024 9:18:02 PM PDT · by Javeth · 86 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | September 22, 2024 | Alex Miller
    Congressional leaders announced a bipartisan agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that is expected to be approved and sent to the White House this week to head off a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1. The House is set to vote early this week on a three-month continuing resolution that will fund the government at the current fiscal year’s spending levels until Dec. 20. The bill does not include the controversial Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act that doomed its predecessor, and trims some extra spending that the previous version included, too. House Speaker...
  • VIDEO: Mike Johnson Discovers That He Is Flounder

    05/10/2024 9:44:24 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 34 replies
    Rumble ^ | May 10, 2024 | DUmmie FUnnies
    VIDEOAll his life Mike Johnson thought he was Mike Johnson. And then on May 8, 2024, in the middle of an interview with Politico, Mike Johnson suddenly discovered that he is really Flounder.
  • Mike Johnson Plots Revenge and Retaliation Against Republicans Who Vote Against the Democrat Agenda

    05/06/2024 11:51:32 AM PDT · by OakOak · 51 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 5/6/2024 | Bradley Jaye
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) supports retaliating against Republicans who oppose him, he reportedly told high-dollar donors at the swanky Four Seasons in Washington. Johnson signaled to the high-powered group at a fundraiser on Sunday that he would support kicking members who blocked his coalition government’s legislative agenda off committees. He also said he is in favor of changing House rules – such as rules on the motion to vacate – at the end of this Congress
  • Johnson’s Incompetence Continues as He Screws Up Antisemitism Resolution; Then Democrats Embarrass Him on Procedural Vote

    05/02/2024 9:04:30 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 39 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/02/2024 | BRADLEY JAYE
    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) received a stunning rebuke Wednesday on what should have been a slam-dunk resolution to oppose antisemitism followed by a rare procedural defeat on legislation to clarify mining regulations. The events, hours after Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) announced they would force a vote to expel Johnson, do little to show Johnson has a firm hand on the wheel. The Antisemitism Awareness Act, introduced by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (R-FL), would mandate that when the Department of Education enforces federal anti-discrimination laws it uses a definition of antisemitism put forward...
  • Donald Trump's handpicked RNC chair tried to talk down MTG from Speaker vote!

    05/01/2024 9:54:27 AM PDT · by RandFan · 148 replies
    My Inbox ^ | May 1 | Politico Playbook
    MICHAEL WHATLEY, the newly installed RNC co-chair, had already briefed Greene’s fellow House Republicans on the importance of party unity that morning, but Greene didn’t show. He delivered his pointed message to her personally: Don’t move against Johnson. “He said, one, this is not helpful, and two, we want to expand and grow the majority in the House,” said a person familiar with Whatley’s message to Greene. “He was clear that any disruption to the conference on these efforts — including filing this [motion to vacate], does not help the case for party unity.” In another era, a directive from...