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After a dramatic speaker vote, Mike Johnson re-elected US House speaker in narrow margin following internal dissent and two surprise vote flips

After a dramatic speaker vote, Mike Johnson re-elected US House speaker in narrow margin following internal dissent and two surprise vote flips

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Republican Mike Johnson has been reelected as the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. He won on a first ballot with 218 votes, narrowly avoiding a multiday vote and humiliation. Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, promised to "drastically cut back the size and scope of government" in his first speech as Speaker. Two Republican lawmakers, Kentucky's Thomas Massie and Minnesota's Tom Emmer, initially voted against Johnson, but later changed their votes to support him. Johnson's narrow win suggests that he will have a tight margin of control in Congress, and may face continued opposition from conservative lawmakers.

Lisa McClain
Republican Party
1. No speaker is perfect. And no one will ever be. However, achieving perfection requires incremental gains and hard decisions along the way. None of us will get exactly what we want.
Thomas Massie
Republican Party
1. President Trump's agenda needs to become law. Speaker Johnson has already demonstrated he is not the man who can get that done.
Bill Cassidy
Republican Party
1. Mike Johnson brings people together to achieve a shared goal. He is deeply committed to conservative values and advancing a pro-America agenda. He is making Louisiana proud.
2. Americans trust Mike to lead the House effectively and with integrity this Congress. I do too!
Victoria Spartz
Republican Party
1. I can give him a chance, but I would like to hear from him how he's going to be delivering this agenda.
2. If Speaker Johnson wants to be speaker, then he needs to lay out a plan and commit to that plan, not like what he did last year.
Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. A win for Mike today will be a big win for the Republican Party.
2. Good luck today for Speaker Mike Johnson, a fine man of great ability, who is very close to having 100% support.
3. Congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson for receiving an unprecedented Vote of Confidence in Congress. Mike will be a Great Speaker, and our Country will be the beneficiary.
Mike Johnson
Republican Party
1. We can fight high inflation, and we must. We'll give relief to Americans, and we'll extend the Trump tax cuts... We're going to drastically cut back the size and scope of government, we're going to return the power back to the people.
2. We shored up the reconciliation team because we know that this will be a heavy lift to get the Trump agenda across the line in the reconciliation line.
3. If we want to restore fiscal responsibility, we must start by being transparent about the dollars that are spent, address the issues we find, and then hold those accountable who have misspent funds.

After a dramatic speaker vote, Mike Johnson re-elected US House speaker in narrow margin following internal dissent and two surprise vote flips

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