Mike Johnson became the speaker of the US House of Representatives again

According to RCO News Agency, this is a victory for US President-elect Donald Trump, who supported Johnson and played an important role in attracting the support of the Republicans. The speaker of the parliament had

Johnson was initially expected to lose on the first ballot as Reps. Thomas Massey (Kentucky), Ralph Norman (South Carolina) and Keith Self (Texas) voted for other candidates, but the House opened the ballot. Johnson consulted with his opponents and was able to change the votes of Norman and Self.

Thomas Massey was the only Republican who voted for a candidate other than Johnson. He is one of Johnson’s biggest opponents who strongly criticized his actions last year regarding the budget bill.

In December, 34 Republicans voted against Johnson’s temporary budget bill. In explaining their opposition to the bill, they had argued that in their opinion this bill was in favor of the Democrats.

end of message