Speaker of the House

Reps. Keith Self (R-TX) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) switched their votes for Speaker of the House in favor of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after President-elect Donald Trump reached out to them, per a report.

The 119th Congress convenes Friday as embattled Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) fights to keep his gavel after 14 rocky months.

Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) said Thursday on One America News Network’s “The Matt Gaetz Show” that even if he were tortured, he would not vote for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to serve another term in his leadership role.

The House rules package released Wednesday raises the threshold for removing the Speaker of the House, as some conservatives consider a move to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

“Mike Johnson is the next Paul Ryan,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said on Monday before President-elect Donald Trump endorsed the Speaker.

Republicans need “assurances” that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will not sell them to the swamp, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) said on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump formally backed him.

Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) will be reelected Speaker of the House because no member of the Freedom Caucus could not get the 218 votes needed.

A majority do not believe Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) should remain Speaker of the House, an AmericaFest straw poll revealed.

“There is something profoundly wrong,” Tucker Carlson said when discussing the latest actions of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who soured many conservative allies after initially offering a 1,547-page spending bonanza and ultimately handing the Democrats a win.

President-elect Donald Trump provided a path on Thursday for House Speaker Mike Johnson to save his job as Speaker in the next Congress.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has reached a truce with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ahead of President Donald Trump’s critical 100 day legislative sprint.

Two factions of the House Republican conference have brokered a deal to raise the threshold to trigger a motion to vacate the chair, the procedure to force a vote to remove the Speaker of the House, from one member to nine.

The House Republican Conference on Wednesday nominated Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to continue serving as the leader of the House.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Democrats will win the majority in the House of Representatives in November and then vote in House Minority Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told Senate Republicans to strip the SAVE Act from the government funding legislation once the House passes the bill, senior aides from two different GOP U.S. Senate offices who support the SAVE Act being part of government funding efforts told Breitbart News on Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump issued a statement regarding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) bringing forward a motion to vacate the position of the Speaker of the House, saying that this is “not the time.”

Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that there is no difference if House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) or Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has the top spot.

A spending bill backed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) includes hundreds of millions of dollars in American taxpayer money for border patrol agents in Ukraine as illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border remains at record levels.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Director of House Operations Hannah Fraher had a Never Trump conniption, emails obtained by Breitbart News show.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Breitbart News exclusively that she is prepared to force House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) out of his position with a vote to vacate the chair if the Speaker does not willingly resign the position. 

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chairman Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) finally publicly backed House Speaker Mike Johnson — or at least sort of. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office told Breitbart News exclusively that he intends to remain as Speaker of the House after he cast the deciding vote against ending the deep state’s warrantless surveillance of American citizens on Friday.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion Friday that could force a vote to strip the gavel from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Accusations of “Islamist threat” used to break longstanding rules in Britain’s Parliament challenged but petition against speaker grows.

On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) stated that it will take “temporarily” removing Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to pass the Senate border bill and that all of the House Democrats would

Seventy-four members of the House of Representatives sent Speaker Mike Johnson (R) a letter Wednesday urging him to reject the reauthorization of the Undetectable Firearms Act (1988).

Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) bid farewell to his constituents and colleagues in the House of Representatives on Thursday, his last day in session as a member. 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Friday announced the release of his documentary on the contentious House speakership battle.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Thursday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that the Republican Party would benefit “tremendously” if Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) lost his seat.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Tuesday on the Center for Politics podcast “Politics Is Everything” that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was “dangerous” because he went along with former President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in 2020.

Ken Buck will not run for reelection, another retirement announcement from a Republican who opposed GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan.

Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D- MD) said on Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) means the center of the Republican Party is now “the fringe right.”

Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday on Rumble’s “System Update” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) commitment to First Amendment issues is a “gigantic advancement over Kevin McCarthy.”

The lawmaker and his wife Kelly entered into what is called a “covenant marriage” in 1999, a legal agreement that emphasizes marriage as a life-long commitment and limits the circumstances under which a couple may divorce.

Former President Donald Trump mocked a congressional reporter on Wednesday in a piercing Sharpie critique.

Republicans roundly applauded Elise Stefanik for providing leadership and stability during the speakership battle on Capitol Hill.