Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana won reelection as speaker of the House on Friday, emerging victorious after a pair of GOP members switched their votes to deliver him a majority and open the 119th Congress. This was being debated on mostly in the lying mass media as they kept saying he wouldn't win that there was no unity in the party, and he would lose to and thus losing the job to a crazy lying lunatic radical leftist or Rino. But as Johnson said "there were no deals cut" Johnson said he took "suggestions and requests from all members on process reforms" but "there were no deals cut" to secure the gavel.
"We made no deals to anyone, no quid pro quo for anybody on any position or anything at all through the entire I haven't done that in 14 months and I was not about to start today," he said. The Louisiana Republican said he was "100%" confident that he will remain speaker throughout the entire 119th Congress. Johnson needed 218 votes to secure the gavel, and at first appeared to fall two votes short. He huddled with allies and conservative members for about an hour as he seemed headed for defeat. A dramatic scene played out when two of the holdouts Reps. Keith Self and Ralph Norman eventually approached the dais and switched their votes, putting Johnson over the top.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only remaining Republican defector. After the vote, Self and Norman told reporters they spoke to Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump, who stressed the need for party unity. They both said Johnson reassured them that he would fight to advance Trump's agenda with Republicans in control of Congress and the White House. A multi-round speaker's election threatened to derail the first day of the new Congress, but Johnson's victory allows the GOP majority to move on to other matters, including the counting of the Electoral College votes on Monday, Jan. 6. Trump endorsed Johnson earlier this week, boosting his candidacy after some conservatives expressed doubts about his ability to lead the GOP conference.
Here are all the updates from a chaotic day on Capitol Hill as the house voted 215 to 209 to adopt new rules to govern the lower chamber for the next two years. House Republicans released their proposed rules package on Wednesday, which included a number of changes to the rules that governed the House during the last two years. In an attempt to avoid some of the chaos that plagued the Republican majority in the last Congress, Republicans raised the threshold to force a vote on ousting the House speaker to nine GOP members. The previous threshold was one member.
Leadership unveiled a new package Friday that added, "The Speaker may not entertain a motion that the House suspend the rules except on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays." Under suspension of the rules, House leaders can bring legislation to the floor without going through the Rules Committee, where a handful of conservatives have blocked legislation from advancing in recent years.
The procedure is often used to fast-track legislation that has bipartisan support since it requires two-thirds of the chamber to pass. The new rules would prohibit that from taking place on Thursdays and Fridays. The package also eliminates the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, restores "family-centric language" and authorizes subpoenas of Attorney General Merrick Garland and other Justice Department officials as part of Republicans' investigations into the Biden family. It also changes the name of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and renames the Office of Congressional Ethics to the Office of Congressional Conduct.
Rep. Ralph Norman, the other GOP holdout, confirmed that he spoke with Trump before switching his vote, and received "assurances" that Johnson would "fight." which is something I figured would be the end resault as I personally understand where Johnson was before as he didn't have the backing of the White House and had to negotiate the best he could considering how evil these radical libs are. So while and I quote here he said "We had a talk with President Trump. We got in there I never know how this stuff's going to come out. I didn't know how people were going to vote," he told CBS News. "Mike gave us his assurances he's going to fight for the things we think are important to the country," he added. "And was it worth taking another hour? Yes. And so, I'm excited with the way it came out, and Mike is too."
All I can say is that I can't wait til Trump is back in the white house... But since TRUMP recently won the a case against Disney and ABC for lying I think it's time that he does another case and this time it's against someone in the liberal left who lied on both tv, and in congress and contradicted himself. Time he is put into court... Hakeem Jeffries this is going to you and I'd say "SIR" but I don't respect this idiotic person enough to say "SIR" this guy is a "FU---NG IDIOT!" And I say this with full conviction folks, and if you think I'm playing when I declare him stupid just do some homework on this truly idiotic moron, and here a complete lie by him which is not holding up well since 2017, and hope it gets him into legal issues. Everyone on the left who lies, and pushes these Russian lies need to be checked, and exposed.
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Johnson says he told holdouts they can "hold me accountable" Johnson spoke to a group of reporters at the Capitol and described his conversations with Self and Norman, the Republicans who switched their votes. "I told them they can be assured that we're going to have different processes and procedures this time around, because it's unified government, and Republicans have control of the Senate and the White House and the House, so it's a very different situation than last Congress was, and they can hold me accountable for that," the speaker said.
The procedure is often used to fast-track legislation that has bipartisan support since it requires two-thirds of the chamber to pass. The new rules would prohibit that from taking place on Thursdays and Fridays. The package also eliminates the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, restores "family-centric language" and authorizes subpoenas of Attorney General Merrick Garland and other Justice Department officials as part of Republicans' investigations into the Biden family. It also changes the name of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and renames the Office of Congressional Ethics to the Office of Congressional Conduct.
Rep. Ralph Norman, the other GOP holdout, confirmed that he spoke with Trump before switching his vote, and received "assurances" that Johnson would "fight." which is something I figured would be the end resault as I personally understand where Johnson was before as he didn't have the backing of the White House and had to negotiate the best he could considering how evil these radical libs are. So while and I quote here he said "We had a talk with President Trump. We got in there I never know how this stuff's going to come out. I didn't know how people were going to vote," he told CBS News. "Mike gave us his assurances he's going to fight for the things we think are important to the country," he added. "And was it worth taking another hour? Yes. And so, I'm excited with the way it came out, and Mike is too."
All I can say is that I can't wait til Trump is back in the white house... But since TRUMP recently won the a case against Disney and ABC for lying I think it's time that he does another case and this time it's against someone in the liberal left who lied on both tv, and in congress and contradicted himself. Time he is put into court... Hakeem Jeffries this is going to you and I'd say "SIR" but I don't respect this idiotic person enough to say "SIR" this guy is a "FU---NG IDIOT!" And I say this with full conviction folks, and if you think I'm playing when I declare him stupid just do some homework on this truly idiotic moron, and here a complete lie by him which is not holding up well since 2017, and hope it gets him into legal issues. Everyone on the left who lies, and pushes these Russian lies need to be checked, and exposed.
HERE is video proof of how they lie... Check it out below.
Johnson says he told holdouts they can "hold me accountable" Johnson spoke to a group of reporters at the Capitol and described his conversations with Self and Norman, the Republicans who switched their votes. "I told them they can be assured that we're going to have different processes and procedures this time around, because it's unified government, and Republicans have control of the Senate and the White House and the House, so it's a very different situation than last Congress was, and they can hold me accountable for that," the speaker said.
"We're going to have a member-driven, bottom-up process for the development of this really important legislation. And we must succeed, we have no margin for error. So, that's all it was. No promises," Johnson added. Johnson confirmed to CBS News that he spoke with Trump while the speaker ship vote was being held open. Trump's message, Johnson said, was: "Get united."
