Rep Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination for speaker

Table Of Content

• Editorial: Speaker Johnson must ignore GOP hardliners and pass Ukraine aid now
• Steve Scalise nominated by Republicans to be next House speaker: Highlights
• House conservatives signal they'll give Johnson more runway on spending bills
• With Johnson, Republicans are rallying behind one of the staunchest religious conservatives in the House.

"Congress and the American people needed a Republican Speaker three weeks ago," Palmer said in a statement Tuesday morning. Emmer is one of two speaker candidates who voted to certify the 2020 election results. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that there was "zero" discussion among Democrats during their caucus meeting on Monday night about helping Emmer. Following his win, the Republican conference held a roll call vote to gauge Emmer's support.

Editorial: Speaker Johnson must ignore GOP hardliners and pass Ukraine aid now

Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the influential Partnership for New York City, which represents hundreds of NYC CEOs, expressed confidence in speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry. Business groups, including the chamber, had been notably silent since Tuesday when McCarthy became the first speaker in US history to be ejected. Miller said that he thinks it’s going to be “incredibly tough” for the GOP to hold onto its majority after the actions of the last couple days. If powerful cinema-like sound is important to you, choose Klipsch’s RP-8000F II floor-standing speakers.

Steve Scalise nominated by Republicans to be next House speaker: Highlights

The House in January 2025 will be filled with the winners of the previous November’s election, so there’s no guarantee a Speaker Johnson would remain in power. To be sure, it would be difficult for the speaker to change any of the results. The vice president -- who would be Democrat Kamala Harris at the time — presides over the joint House and Senate session in a ceremonial role and calls votes if there are enough objections to do so. Then there’s his behind-the-scenes legal work after the 2020 presidential election to challenge electoral votes in pro-Biden states. In a closed-door meeting last night, Jordan proposed a novel plan to avert a government shutdown next month and pass spending bills if he becomes House speaker. Despite Scalise winning the GOP conference vote, several lawmakers told NBC News they still plan to support Jordan on the House floor.

House conservatives signal they'll give Johnson more runway on spending bills

Every previous cease-fire “has been used by Hamas to rearm, to rebuild and then launch another surprise attack. The latest NBC News poll, for example, asked voters two horse-race questions. First, it asked about a Biden-Trump matchup and found Trump ahead 46%-44% — a result well within the survey’s margin of error.

Rep. Mike Johnson was the leading vote getter on the first ballot, but he failed to get a majority of the present conference needed to end the voting process. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann was forced to drop out of the race because he got the fewest votes. Following Johnson's win on the secret ballot, Republicans are holding a roll-call vote behind closed doors to gauge whether he can secure the 217 votes needed to win the gavel. House speaker designee Mike Johnson survived a key roll-call vote Tuesday night to move him a step closer to clinching the gavel -- an abrupt shift after it had earlier appeared his bid was collapsing. Prior to the GOP's 40-year sentence as the minority party, several of its speakers had risen to the top rung largely on their personal popularity among their colleagues.

Fleischmann eliminated in 1st round of speaker votes and Republicans are moving to a 2nd ballot

Tom Emmer, a member of House GOP leadership, failed to secure the votes for the speakership Tuesday after the former president expressed opposition to Emmer’s candidacy. McCarthy has been in a precarious position since his first day on the job. In order to even get elected as speaker, McCarthy made several concessions to hard-right Republicans such as Gaetz. One of those was to approve rules that allowed just one representative to call a vote for his ouster.

If lawmakers can’t fund the government by then, national parks will turn away visitors, government services will operate at reduced capacity, and members of the military will go unpaid. Scalise told reporters this morning that under "Speaker Scalise," the first order of business would be a "strong resolution expressing support for Israel." The Trump campaign has confirmed to NBC News that Gaetz is no longer expected to appear at an event featuring the former president tonight.

October 10, 2023 - Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise run to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker - CNN

October 10, 2023 - Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise run to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker.

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The incident occurred shortly after a full jury of 12 people and six alternates had been seated in Trump’s hush money case, the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Maxwell Azzarello, 37, a St. Augustine, Fla., resident who arrived in New York this week, was rushed to the burn unit at New York Presbyterian-Cornell Hospital after the shocking incident. The man who set himself on fire Friday outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump is on trial died of his extensive injuries, authorities said. While Mr. Fetterman may have been in the minority among his political peers, with most of whom following the president’s example and opting for a traditional tux, creative black tie proved a talking point. See Billy Porter in a black sequin caftan over a classic white shirt; Questlove, in an artistically paint-splattered jacket; and Fran Drescher, the SAG-AFTRA president, in a white brocade pantsuit. Once a popular target of jokes about bad fashion (and not just from the evening’s featured comedian host), the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has morphed in recent years into a less campy, more staid prelude to the Met Gala, which takes place days later.

Mr. Emmer’s demise was the latest evidence of the seemingly unending Republican dysfunction. He began the day with a scant victory, winning an internal party nominating contest by a vote of 117 to 97 over Mr. Johnson. A social conservative, Mr. Johnson is a lawyer and the former chairman of the Republican Study Committee.

There are more questions about how Mr. Rosendale and Mr. Crane may behave in the next round. Mr. Rosendale has signaled there are rules changes that could win him over, although it’s not clear what’s left to give him to appease him. They are the last remaining six Republican holdouts who in the last round voted against Mr. McCarthy.

“People can make mistakes and still be really good speakers,” Mr. Buck said. Mainstream conservatives who backed Mr. Johnson said they hoped to quickly move to pull the House out of its funk. Almost immediately after Mr. Johnson was elected, lawmakers began debating a resolution expressing solidarity with Israel and condemning Hamas, which passed overwhelmingly. Mr. Johnson immediately faces a host of challenges that dogged his predecessor, Mr. McCarthy. He is confronting a mid-November deadline to pass a measure to fund the government to avert a shutdown.