Mike Johnson

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, left, shakes hands with Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, as the House of Representatives holds an election for a new speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson of Louisiana elected speaker of the U.S. House after three weeks of stalemate
BY: and - October 25, 2023

UPDATED 4:40 p.m. Central, 10/25/23 WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker in a chamber that has been frozen for more than three weeks after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted. In a 220-209 party-line vote, all Republicans present backed Johnson, 51, a strongly conservative lawyer who represents […]

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson of Louisiana picked as newest GOP nominee for U.S. House speaker
BY: and - October 24, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans late Tuesday voted to tap Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker after the GOP nominee from earlier in the day was tanked. Johnson, 51, is the fourth Republican nominee attempting to break the deadlock in the lower chamber that has been leaderless and frozen for three weeks. He is the second […]

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