Mike Johnson wins reelection!

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.

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."

Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker? Yes and NO!

So the house Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as the nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over any of the holdouts.



Some in the GOP do think that Scalise is facing grim prospects of becoming speaker as he confronts opposition within the ranks, a situation that threatens to prolong the GOP’s leadership crisis following Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal in recent days. So until a speaker is elected, the House remains effectively paralyzed following McCarthy’s removal, an unprecedented situation that has taken on new urgency amid Israel’s war against Hamas. Raising the stakes further, the longer it takes Republicans to elect a new speaker, the less time lawmakers will have to try to avert a government shutdown with a funding deadline looming in mid-November.



Scalise won out over Rep. Jim Jordan in a closed-door vote by the House GOP conference to pick their speaker nominee on Wednesday. The nomination was a blow to former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who has made a name for himself as a staunch Trump ally.



But it quickly became clear that the fight over who will be speaker would not be rapidly resolved as a number of Republicans would not commit to voting for Scalise in a floor vote. When Republicans met behind closed doors Wednesday morning to select a speaker nominee, Scalise earned 113 votes to Jordan’s 99 putting Scalise below the 217-vote threshold needed to win the speakership in a full vote on the House floor.



The question now is whether Scalise will be able to lock down the votes he needs, a major obstacle in his path to the gavel. House Republicans hold a narrow majority and Scalise can only afford to lose four GOP votes on the floor and still win the speakership.



McCarthy’s ouster, which was driven by a group of hardline conservatives, has intensified deep divisions within the House GOP conference and escalated tensions. That threatens to make it even more challenging for Republicans to unite behind a new speaker.



It’s not yet clear when the House will hold a floor vote to elect a new speaker. House Republicans adjourned the chamber on Wednesday without scheduling a vote.



Scalise began meeting individually with GOP members later in the day as he and his whip operation try to convince more than a dozen holdouts to back him on the floor, according to multiple GOP sources.



Jordan is also working to convince his colleagues who voted for him to join him in supporting Scalise as Republicans try to avoid another messy floor fight. Jordan plans to vote for Scalise on the floor and is encouraging his colleagues to do the same, the source said. But it’s not yet clear if that will be enough to secure the needed votes.



“I’m not supporting Steve Scalise, I’ll be voting for Jim Jordan,” Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia told CNN’s Manu Raju. “Well, Jim Jordan presented a strong plan for a us, a detailed plan on how to move forward. We didn’t hear that plan from Steve Scalise. It was more vague answers.”



Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky wrote on X, “Surprises are for little kids at birthday parties, not Congress. So, I let Scalise know in person that he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus” a reference to a sweeping package of spending bills.



Later, Massie warned that Scalise has a tough fight ahead of him to secure the gavel. “I think there’s at least 20,” members ready to not vote for Scalise on the floor, he told reporters. McCarthy said that he will support Scalise, but said he hasn’t been involved in any conversations with the holdouts.



“Steve is going to have to talk to them all, see what their concerns are, but I support Steve,” he told reporters. Asked if he was trying to sway any holdouts, he said, “No.” The nomination vote quickly set off a scramble to fill other spots in GOP leadership. Oklahoma GOP Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma announced on Wednesday that he will run for the position of majority leader.



According to a spokesperson for Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, he is also running to become majority leader. A source familiar also told CNN that House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is making calls to members to be majority leader if Scalise is elected speaker.





During the closed-door meeting where Republicans nominated Scalise as speaker, the conference also rejected an effort to raise the threshold required to select a GOP speaker nominee a proposal that was aimed at preventing a messy public fight on the House floor.



The rules change would have raised the threshold to select a speaker nominee from a majority of the GOP conference or 111 votes to 217 votes, a majority of the full House, the number required to win the speaker’s gavel when the entire chamber holds its vote. Scalise has risen through the ranks of leadership during his time in Congress. In the position of House majority leader, Scalise has served as the second-highest-ranking House Republican after McCarthy, prior to the historic vote to oust the speaker.



Scalise is a prominent figure in the House GOP conference and has long been seen as either a potential successor, or rival, to McCarthy. Before he became majority leader, Scalise served as House GOP whip, a role focused on vote counting and ensuring support for key party priorities. The majority leader, his current role, oversees the House floor and schedules legislation for votes.



The Louisiana Republican is no stranger to adversity. A shooting in 2017 left him seriously wounded, with a grueling, monthslong recovery process. Scalise was shot by a gunman who opened fire as congressional Republicans were practicing for an annual charity baseball game.



In August, Scalise announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which he described as “a very treatable blood cancer.” In September, Scalise told reporters that in response to treatment, his cancer “has dropped dramatically.”

And so it's being reported that Scalise WON'T get the job due to not having full backing and is expected to drop out. He's fighting blood Cancer which is no joke. He shouldn't risk health for a job that seems he doesn't care to fight to get.

Personally I think JIM JORDAN or MATT GAETZ Should be the next Speaker of the house... I think either is a long shot but both could do a great job. Time to get this GOP house in order and let's get someone willing to get things done for the country and to stop Joe Biden from his over spending.