{"id":27696,"date":"2023-10-25T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/25\/johnson-is-latest-gop-nominee-for-house-speaker-as-infighting-rages\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:08:00","slug":"johnson-is-latest-gop-nominee-for-house-speaker-as-infighting-rages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/10\/25\/johnson-is-latest-gop-nominee-for-house-speaker-as-infighting-rages\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson, staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-c7ddb6abf4c7322f9fc44fdaa07791fc\">House speaker<\/a> on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson, of Louisiana, swept through on the first ballot with support from all Republicans anxious to put the past weeks of tumult behind and get on with the business of governing. He was expected to quickly be sworn into office.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/opinions\/2023\/10\/24\/congress-must-scrutinize-the-us-spending-spree-on-global-crises\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1680961748.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Congress must scrutinize the US spending spree on global crises<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">White House priorities are getting muddled in a defense spending package aimed at resolving an increasing number of conflicts, argues analyst Emma Ashford.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, Johnson emerged as the fourth Republican nominee in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555\">Kevin McCarthy\u2019s ouster<\/a> as GOP factions jockey for power. While not the party\u2019s top choice for the gavel, the deeply religious and even-keeled Johnson has few foes and an important GOP backer: Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think he\u2019s gonna be a fantastic speaker,\u201d Trump said Wednesday at the New York courthouse where the former president, who is now the Republican front-runner for president in 2024, is on trial over a lawsuit alleging business fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said he hadn\u2019t heard \u201cone negative comment about him. Everybody likes him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks on without a House speaker, the Republicans have been wasting their majority status \u2014 a maddening embarrassment to some, democracy in action to others, but not at all how the House is expected to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far-right members have refused to accept a more traditional speaker, and moderate conservatives don\u2019t want a hard-liner. While Johnson had no opponents during the private roll call late Tuesday, some two dozen Republicans did not vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kevin-mccarthy-republican-lawmakers-house-opponents-33c7d984964916f29d548b5b1dfe508b\">more than enough<\/a> to sink his nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when GOP Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik rose to introduce Johnson\u2019s name Wednesday as their nominee, Republicans jumped to their feet for an extended standing ovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHouse Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson will never give up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats again nominated their leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, criticizing Johnson as an architect of Trump\u2019s legal effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Republicans controlling the House only 221-212 over Democrats, Johnson could afford just a few detractors to win the gavel. He won 220-209, with a few absences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overnight the endorsements for Johnson started pouring in, including from failed speaker hopefuls \u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan, the hard-charging Judiciary Committee chairman, gave his support, as did Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the fellow Louisiana congressman, who stood behind Johnson after he won the nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMike! Mike! Mike!\u201d lawmakers chanted at a press conference after the late-night internal vote, surrounding Johnson and posing for selfies in a show of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anxious and exhausted, Republican lawmakers are desperately trying to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s rise comes after a tumultuous month, capped by a head-spinning Tuesday that within a span of a few hours saw one candidate, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-us-republican-party-thomas-emmer-united-states-house-of-representatives-hockey-744b602f30285f3398da09d1489f37dd\">Tom Emmer<\/a>, the GOP Whip, nominated and then quickly withdraw when it became clear he would be the third candidate unable to secure enough support from GOP colleagues after Trump bashed his nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe wasn\u2019t MAGA,\u201d said Trump, referring to his Make America Great Again campaign slogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attention quickly turned to Johnson. A lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, Johnson had rallied Republicans around Trump\u2019s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elevating Johnson to speaker would give Louisianians two high-ranking GOP leaders, putting him above Scalise, who was rejected by hard-liners in his own bid as speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson is affable and well liked, with a fiery belief system, and colleagues swiftly started giving him their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system,\u201d Johnson said after winning the nomination. \u201cWe\u2019re going to restore your trust in what we do here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who led a small band of hard-liners to engineer McCarthy\u2019s ouster at the start of the month, posted on social media that \u201cMike Johnson won\u2019t be the Speaker the Swamp wants but, he is the Speaker America needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have been flailing all month, unable to conduct routine business as they fight amongst themselves with daunting challenges ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal government risks <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-biden-trump-mccarthy-f1b06964cf549b09977677e5f70bf9ff\">a shutdown<\/a> in a matter of weeks if Congress fails to pass funding legislation by a Nov. 17 deadline to keep services and offices running. More immediately, President Biden has asked Congress to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-ukraine-israel-budget-3762a0bdf00653e3c8a38175d3c3d3cb\">$105 billion in aid<\/a> \u2014 to help Israel and Ukraine amid their wars and to shore up the U.S. border with Mexico. Federal aviation and farming programs face expiration without action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many hard-liners have been resisting a leader who voted for the budget deal that McCarthy struck with Biden earlier this year, which set federal spending levels that far-right Republicans don\u2019t agree with and now want to undo. They are pursuing steeper cuts to federal programs and services with next month\u2019s funding deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said she wanted assurances the candidates would pursue impeachment inquiries into Biden and other top Cabinet officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the turmoil, the House is now led by a speaker pro tempore, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-speaker-interim-congress-north-carolina-15b8b6cc20afa9d8f18d84765d776736\">Rep. Patrick McHenry<\/a>, R-N.C., the bow tie-wearing chairman of the Financial Services Committee. His main job is to elect a more permanent speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Republicans \u2014 and Democrats \u2014 wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-speaker-powers-mchenry-875bebd218096a5252840cd8f52cc137\">give McHenry more power<\/a> to get on with the routine business of governing. But McHenry, the first person to be in the position that was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks as an emergency measure, declined to back those overtures. 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