Hello OnPolitics readers! After weeks of infighting, House Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to function the following speaker of the Home.
🗺️ How did we get right here? After a number of failed nominations – together with Republican Reps. of Louisiana, Jim Jordan of Ohio and of Minnesota – GOP officers managed to rally round Johnson, with not a single Republican voting towards him on Tuesday.
Hurdles within the Home: The Louisiana Republican now has a monumental activity forward of him: mending the deep divisions which have plagued the Home Republican convention because it took management of the Home in January, USA TODAY’s Ken Tran reported.
And he’ll must unite fragmented Republicans to go essential laws, together with spending measures to avoid a government shutdown next month and assist to Israel and Ukraine.
🤝 Will Johnson attain throughout the aisle? It’s not clear. Forward of his election, Democrats criticized Johnson for voting to overturn the results of the 2020 race for the White House. He additionally rallied Republican lawmakers round former President Donald Trump’s authorized efforts concentrating on the outcomes of the election.
Learn extra right here: Mike Johnson, who played a key role in trying to overturn the 2020 election, is the House speaker
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This text initially appeared on USA TODAY: Republicans elect Mike Johnson as speaker of the House
