“This House Republican majority is united,” Rep. Mike Johnson said Tuesday night after becoming the conference’s fourth speaker nominee – and the second nominee in the course of a single day.
Johnson, who was elected in 2016 and serves as the vice chairman of the House GOP conference, made a pitch over the weekend as a “consensus candidate” for speaker.
If he can get to 217, a heavy lift in a slim Republican majority of only 221 lawmakers, Johnson will become the most inexperienced speaker in recent memory.
And a government funding fight that got House Republicans into the speaker mess is slated to again rear its head with a Nov. 17 deadline to pass spending bills or kick the can down the road.
2, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a fellow Louisianan who was himself denied the speakership just weeks ago.
Persons:
Mike Johnson, –, Johnson, Tom Emmer, Emmer, Mike, he’ll, Ken Buck, we’ve, he’s, Jim Jordan, Donald Trump’s, ” didn’t, “, ”, hasn’t, Jordan, He’s, Joe Biden, He’ll, Steve Scalise
Organizations:
Republican, ”, GOP, Louisiana Republican, CNN, Republicans, Israel
Locations:
Colorado, legislating, Ukraine, Gaza