Mike Johnson, House and Shutdown Drags
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Democratic congressional leaders are chastising Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson for his abrupt shutdown of the House this week ahead of a vote for the public release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The early release of the chamber comes after Rep.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says the House did its job, and it's up to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to reopen the government.
Louisiana holds unprecedented power in the U.S. House of Representatives. Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise are the first top two House officers from the same state. Other Louisiana representatives hold influential committee positions.
The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package, the first in a series of steps that need to be taken to avert a partial government shutdown before a deadline at midnight Friday. The bills passed in a 286-134 vote despite pushback from far ...
DOGE should fire Speaker Mike Johnson for waste, fraud and abuse. Waste, because he single-handedly wasted taxpayers’ money by giving 435 members of Congress a day off simply because he didn’t want to do his job as Speaker of the House and provide ...
The Republican speaker truncated the legislative schedule for the week ahead of a summer recess, moving to deny Democrats the chance to force votes on whether to release the Epstein material. By Annie Karni and Michael Gold Reporting from the Capitol ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Mike Johnson Over Epstein Delay Tactic
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia MAGA Republican, criticized Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday for delaying the swearing-in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat.
House Speaker Mike Johnson mourned the shooting of Charlie Kirk and held a moment of silence for the esteemed conservative organizer and Turning Point USA founder after he was fatally shot in the neck at Utah Valley University. “We ask everyone to pray ...
Speaker Johnson looks to maintain a “symbiotic” relationship between the Bitcoin and crypto industry and the Republican-led House, while advocacy groups such as the Bitcoin Voter PAC are committed to protecting the Republican majority in the House come ...
House Republicans remain in their districts while Senate Democrats block the GOP's funding bills seven times, extending the government shutdown into its third week.
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