{"id":6651,"date":"2023-10-25T18:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6651"},"modified":"2023-10-25T19:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:31:39","slug":"mike-johnson-elected-speaker-of-the-house-after-3-weeks-of-infighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6651","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Elected Speaker of the House After 3 Weeks of Infighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as speaker of the House, ending more than three weeks without a speaker and a string of chaotic meetings and votes on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Johnson received multiple standing ovations from his colleagues Wednesday before securing the speakership. The final vote was 220-209, with Democrats supporting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is the day that House Republicans will humbly look in our hearts and elect Mike Johnson as speaker of the people\u2019s House,\u201d Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a speech from the House floor ahead of the vote, calling Johnson \u201ca man of deep faith,\u201d and \u201ca deeply respected Constitutional lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMike is strong, tough and fair, and above all, Mike is kind,\u201d Stefanik added.<\/p>\n

Stefanik announced on Sunday nine candidates that were making a bid to be speaker, but that number was slowly whittled down as lawmakers dropped out.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is the day we get this done,\u201d Stefanik said in her Wednesday speech.<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., gave a speech from the floor to nominate Jeffries for speaker and attack Republicans.<\/p>\n

Jeffries blasted Republicans for \u201call of the infighting, all of the disarray just to end up where we were three weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson pitched Republicans on an aggressive legislative agenda over the next few weeks. Under his leadership, the House will face a looming partial government shutdown deadline in the middle of November as well as ongoing calls to fund Ukraine and Israel in their respective wars.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must govern well and expand our majority next year,\u201d Johnson said in a letter to his fellow Republicans over the weekend, asking for support in the speakership race.<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden called on Congress last week for more than $100 billion to that end, as well as funding for Taiwan, the immigration issue and other priorities.<\/p>\n

That proposal was met with immediate pushback from Republicans in the House and Senate. Some funding for Israel though, is likely to pass. More funding for Ukraine has become a divisive issue for Republicans, and it remains unclear how many more billions lawmakers will be willing to send to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Notably, U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, was running for speaker but later dropped out and told reporters he was supporting Johnson.<\/p>\n

The chaotic three-week battle for a speaker began when U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., filed a motion to vacate former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. At that point, Majority Leader Steve Scalise won the nomination but quickly backed out after being unable to secure the needed votes. After that, House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, won the nomination but lost it days later after three failed votes on the House floor with 25 Republicans ultimately voting against him.<\/p>\n

Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., was next to secure the nomination but almost immediately withdrew after failing to gain support.<\/p>\n

Notably, former President Donald Trump campaigned against Emmer.<\/p>\n

Before the vote Wednesday, Johnson posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, a picture of the American flag in the House Chamber, which has inscribed above it \u201cIn God We Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

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