Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a news conference with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, left, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, at the Capitol on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 in ...

There were six additional Republican holdouts who declined to vote the first time around, including Representatives Andy ...

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in Washington.

The 119th Congress began its first meeting with speeches from party leaders, with House GOP Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson nearly lost the first floor vote Friday to retain the gavel. When the vote was unofficially called ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Before the start of the proceedings, Congressman Greg Landsman, who represents Ohio’s first congressional district, said he is optimistic that lawmakers will be able to work together in the coming ...

Yes, he won the House speakership, after 1.5 attempts. But he still doesn’t control his chamber.

The 119th Congress is convening for the first time and House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life — again ...

Johnson appeared to be on a path to defeat when five Republicans sat silently as their clerk called their names for a vote. Three others — Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of ...

The 119th Congress is convening for the first time and House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life — again ...

Thomas Massie, the congressman representing Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, was ultimately the only GOP representative to vote against Rep. Mike Johnson for speaker of the US House of ...