Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the Donald Trump ally inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders, tested their grasp of the gavel and eventually chased them from office.The House convened Thursday with a...
Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the Donald Trump ally inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders, tested their grasp of the gavel and eventually chased them from office.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said he congratulated Johnson after his election and they planned to speak Thursday about "the urgent need to support the Ukrainian people.” The White House has conducted similar briefings in recent weeks, but this would be the first time that the new speaker, who opposes the aid to Ukraine, would get a close airing from White House officials about Biden’s case for the money.
Johnson's scheduled meeting with McConnell, R-Ky., was coming after a call the night before with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who told Johnson that a bipartisan agreement with Democrats is the only way to avoid a shutdown. Democrats said Johnson, a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, was an extreme conservative, a strict opponent of abortion access and an architect of Trump's legal effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Biden.
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