Re: Mike Johnson elected House speaker with unanimous GOP support, ending weeks of chaos

[Ken Kaid]

On 25 Oct 2023, "rudy sucks cocks" <el...@protonmail.com> posted some
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> Now it's time to kill some Democrats.

Washington — Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, won election as
the new speaker of the House on Wednesday, ending three weeks of chaos
since Rep. Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster.

Johnson, a little-known lawmaker who is now second in line for the
presidency, attracted the support of all 220 Republican members in
attendance, surpassing the 215-vote total that was required to win. All
209 Democrats voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the party's House leader.

"The people's House is back in business," Johnson told colleagues before
being sworn in.

Johnson was the party's fourth nominee for speaker in three weeks, having
taken the place of Rep. Tom Emmer, whose candidacy lasted all of four
hours on Tuesday. Two other previous candidates, Reps. Steve Scalise and
Jim Jordan, withdrew their names from consideration earlier in the process
after failing to unite the party's various factions.

The new speaker has been in Congress since 2017 and has no experience in
the House leadership. He laid out a plan for passing a series of
government spending bills earlier in the week that attracted support from
some of McCarthy's detractors, and his broad support among the Republican
conference was a signal of lawmakers' desire to move past the divisive
speaker fight and reopen the House.

Johnson now faces a daunting list of challenges, with a fast-approaching
government shutdown chief among them. The House is staring down a deadline
of Nov. 17, when current government funding expires. In his blueprint for
the next few months, Johnson said a stopgap measure extending funding
until January or April may be needed to approve more spending and avoid a
shutdown.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-10-
25-2023/