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Raw Story: 'Work the phones': Report claims Mike Johnson plans to spend holiday fighting to save job
Raw Story - 'Work the phones': Report claims Mike Johnson plans to spend holiday fighting to save job
Alex Henderson, AlterNet
December 24, 2024 2:00PM ET
In Louisiana's 4th Congressional District, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected by a landslide on Election Night 2024 when he picked up more than 80 percent of the vote. But while that victory gave Johnson another two years in office, it didn't guarantee that he will continue to serve as GOP leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
After a new Congress is seated on January 3, 2025, Johnson will need to convince fellow House members to keep him as speaker. And according to Washington Times reporters Alex Miller and Lindsey McPherson, Johnson plans to "work the phones over the holidays" in the hope of not "losing the gavel."
Some "hard-right lawmakers," Miller and McPherson report, "denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations."
"Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, is in hot water with at least a handful of Republicans who could block his reelection to speaker on January 3 by voting for another candidate," the Washington Times journalists wrote.
"The move could leave the speaker's chair empty for days or more as House Republicans search for a replacement who can win nearly every vote in a razor-thin GOP majority."
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Alex Henderson, AlterNet
December 24, 2024 2:00PM ET
In Louisiana's 4th Congressional District, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected by a landslide on Election Night 2024 when he picked up more than 80 percent of the vote. But while that victory gave Johnson another two years in office, it didn't guarantee that he will continue to serve as GOP leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
After a new Congress is seated on January 3, 2025, Johnson will need to convince fellow House members to keep him as speaker. And according to Washington Times reporters Alex Miller and Lindsey McPherson, Johnson plans to "work the phones over the holidays" in the hope of not "losing the gavel."
Some "hard-right lawmakers," Miller and McPherson report, "denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations."
"Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, is in hot water with at least a handful of Republicans who could block his reelection to speaker on January 3 by voting for another candidate," the Washington Times journalists wrote.
"The move could leave the speaker's chair empty for days or more as House Republicans search for a replacement who can win nearly every vote in a razor-thin GOP majority."
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