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Mike Johnson pours cold water on calls to hike taxes on the rich, despite Trump telling GOPers he’s open to it
House Speaker Mike Johnson is pouring cold water on the prospect of Republicans hiking taxes on the rich to help pay for ...
Speaker Johnson scraps vote on budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda just day after prez urged lawmakers to ‘stop grandstanding’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled with hardliners for about an hour before deciding that the GOP would have to punt the ...
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Member of Congress picked for Trump Cabinet threatened Johnson 'not to stand in her way'
New details are emerging about the fraught dynamic between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and a senior member of the ...
House Speaker Johnson is eyeing big cuts to Medicaid. In his Louisiana district, it's a lifeline.
Among them is Chloe Stovall, 23, who works in the produce aisle at the SuperValu grocery store in Vivian, Louisiana. She said ...
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Johnson, Luna struck a deal to end their feud over remote voting for new parents. Democrats are still pushing the point
House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully stopped an effort by fellow Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new parents in ...
Johnson scraps vote on Trump budget blueprint in face of conservative opposition
House Republican leaders on Wednesday scrapped plans to vote on the Senate’s framework to advance key parts of President ...
Tensions arise over Speaker Mike Johnson's efforts to bring Rep. Elise Stefanik back into the fold
After Trump pulled Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Johnson faces a conundrum of how to place her on ...
Some Democrats in Congress are starting to talk about impeachment. They’re right.
Members of Congress don’t swear an oath to defend the Constitution only if it tests well in a focus group, or with pundits ...
House Republican Will Introduce Bill Challenging Trump’s Tariffs—As Speaker Johnson Reportedly Urges Tariff Support
Rep. Don Bacon is set to introduce legislation in the House on Monday that would give Congress more control over tariffs, as ...
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Johnson and Scalise push Congress to bar district judges from blocking Trump orders nationwide
U.S. district judges have delayed Trump orders to fire federal workers, ban transgender rights and freeze congressionally ...
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In Congress, a Day Can Last Months if Politics Demands It
Mr. Johnson also used a legislative time warp ... the speaker had two legislative days — days when Congress is conducting legislative business — to allow their measure to come to a vote.
Wisconsin Republicans silent on tariff oversight as colleagues push for Congress to have a say
The uncertainty and financial impact of the sporadic tariff plans led a number of Republicans to seek to rein in Trump’s ...