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The speaker spent months keeping flare-ups from growing into a conflagration even Donald Trump couldn’t extinguish.
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Raw Story on MSNMike Johnson shamed for 'lack of courage' as he hides GOP's 'lowest moment'A Democratic congressman shamed his Republican colleagues for their refusal to honor law enforcement personnel who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection. A plaque honoring those officers as heroes was approved by Congress,
Mike Johnson pulled it off.Wednesday’s session in the House was a marathon, even by congressional standards. What began as a 1:30 a.m. Rules Committee hearing the night prior stretched into a day of negotiations between GOP leadership led by Johnson,
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The Daily Caller on MSNMike Johnson Hands Senate GOP Golden Opportunity To Attack Dems’ Climate AgendaThe House passed the “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill advancing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda Thursday, paving the way for the Senate to deal a crushing blow to former President Joe Biden’s climate bill and Democrats’ green energy agenda.
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Raw Story on MSN'Considerable changes': Mike Johnson's budget victory lap rained on by skeptical senatorsHouse Republican Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a victory lap in a speech Thursday in which he cheered President Donald Trump for his leadership. Meanwhile, the bill he's so excited about still must pass the Senate — and things aren't looking good.
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AlterNet on MSNMike Johnson asks Trump to beat GOP hard-liners into submissionAs the fate of President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" remains in doubt, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now enlisting the president's help – against members of his own party. Politico reported Monday that Johnson now wants Trump to personally apply pressure to far-right House Republicans that oppose the bill in its current
Before Speaker Mike Johnson could get his first real stretch of sleep in three days, the House GOP’s painstakingly drafted “big, beautiful bill” was running into resistance in the Senate.
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Raw Story on MSN'They always fold': Mike Johnson insider taunts hardliners after Trump 'let them have it'In a post-mortem on how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) negotiated and cajoled his caucus into passing what Donald Trump has called his "big beautiful bill," details are coming out from Politico on how he used Donald Trump to seal the deal with his special brand of bullying.