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Mike Johnson set to take fight for speakership to House floor amid GOP leadership crisis

vi.sasori.vi1 month ago04 mins

CNN — Rep. Mike Johnson is set to take his fight for the speakership to the House floor on Wednesday, a pivotal moment for House Republicans that comes amid uncertainty over whether the Louisiana lawmaker can secure the 217 votes needed to win the gavel. Johnson, who serves as the House GOP conference vice chairman,…

Trump seeks to reassert himself as GOP kingmaker in House speaker fight

vi.sasori.vi2 months ago015 mins

CNN — There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more extreme. Enter Donald Trump. The ex-president dived into the mayhem following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, characteristically seeking to cast himself as kingmaker…