Johnson remains as Speaker of the US House of Representatives — what is known
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Fri, 03 Jan 2025 23:01:00 +0200
Johnson reelected Speaker of the US House of RepresentativesJohnson received the necessary 218 congressional votes to become Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives.At the same time, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, received 215 votes.Johnson was able to receive this number of votes thanks to Congressmen Ralph Norman and Keith Self, who decided to support his candidacy.
It is worth noting that Johnson was bound by almost complete Republican support for his candidacy.
He could have lost only one vote.
Initially, Johnsons candidacy was supported by only 216 members of the House of Representatives.
Three Republicans cast their votes for other candidates.Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives on October 25, 2023.
This came after Republican Kevin McCarthy, who had served as Speaker since January 2023, resigned.Johnson is one of Presidentelect Donald Trumps associates, having personally supported his candidacy.Johnson made a disturbing statement about aid to UkraineHouse Speaker Mike Johnson said in early December 2023 that he did not plan to put the issue of additional aid to Ukraine to a vote in Congress.Responding to a question from Voice of America journalist Kateryna Lisunova, Johnson said Its not Joe Bidens job to make that decision anymore.
We have a new presidentelect, and were going to wait and adopt the new commanderinchiefs strategy on all of this.
So I dont expect any funding to be released for Ukraine right now.
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