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LetMyPeopleVote

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Fri Jan 3, 2025, 12:09 PM Jan 2025

Mike Johnson says he's not cutting deals to win speakership. [View all]

McCarthy had to agree to a number of concessions including reducing the number of votes to file a motion to vacate to one. Does anyone believe that Johnson will not be making concessions or cutting deals to win?



Mike Johnson says he’s not cutting deals to win speakership.

“My simple message to my colleagues is, make suggestions about process improvements, we're open to that at all times. But I don't make deals with anyone. There's no quid pro quo here. I don't do anything in exchange for a vote," Johnson told reporters, per
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