Mike Johnson (LA) made Speaker

[Winehole23]

if you take away copypasta and premature spiking of the football, pretty much only emojis remain.

classic "demand answers, gives none" poster

[koriwhat]

Mike Johnson needs to go! That dude is an ass kisser, a lying pos, and a total establishment hack.

[ElNono]

Hottest seat in DC, easily. Not sure it’s gonna get better after January.

[Thread]

Mike Johnson needs to go! That dude is an ass kisser, a lying pos, and a total establishment hack.

Amen.

[Winehole23]

Spartz cares about the national debt


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[Thread]

Spartz cares about the national debt

I'll never understand the old man standing by this Johnson fellow time and again. He's in bed with the Democrats.

[ChumpDumper]

What's a spartz?

[Winehole23]

What's a spartz?

One of 5-8 GOP Reps who won't vote for Johnson as Speaker unless he meets conditions.

This could hold up certification on J6 -- the House can do nothing until it elects a Speaker.

[Winehole23]

This is the scenario where we could end up with Chuck Grassley as president on January 20th because the GOP caucus can't get its shit together and elect a speaker.

[Millennial_Messiah]

This is the scenario where we could end up with Chuck Grassley as president on January 20th because the GOP caucus can't get its shit together and elect a speaker.
Is there a scenario we could elect a Democrat??

[Winehole23]

Is there a scenario we could elect a Democrat??I'm not aware of one

[Winehole23]

if we're still without a Speaker of the House on January 20th, we're pretty much stuck with the president pro-tem of the Senate until the House gets its shit together, elects a speaker and certifies the Electoral College tally.

[Winehole23]

Trump endorses Johnson, will the Freedom Caucus fall in line?


President-elect Trump offered his complete and total endorsement of Speaker Mike Johnson (https://thehill.com/people/mike-johnson/)(R-La.) on Monday, days before a House vote on Friday to elect a new Speaker.

“Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113742374534233751).
Donald Trump gives complete and total endorsement of Mike Johnson as Speaker (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5059838-trump-endorses-johnson-speaker/)

[Thread]

Trump endorses Johnson, will the Freedom Caucus fall in line?

Donald Trump gives complete and total endorsement of Mike Johnson as Speaker (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5059838-trump-endorses-johnson-speaker/)

...I hope not. May as well have it out now concerning Johnson.

[Winehole23]

House Republicans on Wednesday proposed a new slate of rules (https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241230/119th%20Rules%20Package%20for%20Circulation.pdf) for the next Congress, including one flagged by Axios as a "crucial alternation."



Among the changes to the standing rules proposed: "A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker shall not be privileged except if it is offered by a member of the majority party and has accumulated eight cosponsors from the majority party at the time it is offered."


In other words, the threshold would be raised (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/01/house-republican-rules-diversity-motion-to-vacate) from just one House Republican being able to introduce a measure to force a vote on ousting the House speaker (https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2670713668/) to now that member needing nine co-sponsors.
House GOP proposes new rules for next Congress — including a 'crucial alteration': report - Raw Story (https://www.rawstory.com/speaker-of-the-house/)

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House GOP proposes new rules for next Congress — including a 'crucial alteration': report - Raw Story (https://www.rawstory.com/speaker-of-the-house/)

Fine by me. I want Johnson the fuck out of therePERIOD

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Mike Johnson wins first ballot

[Dirks_Finale]

Is Massie retiring or something? He'll be primaried for dissenting and Elon will finance it.

[SnakeBoy]

:lol

[Thread]

It was never in doubt. They played possum even though it was a foregone conclusion.

I don't understand it, but he's in there.

[SnakeBoy]

After speaking with Trump, Norman and Self walked back into the chamber at 2:30 p.m. and approached the clerks. They both changed their previous votes to support Johnson.

[Winehole23]

After speaking with Trump, Norman and Self walked back into the chamber at 2:30 p.m. and approached the clerks. They both changed their previous votes to support Johnson.GOP fiscal principles bend the knee to the great man

[Blake]

After speaking with Trump, Norman and Self walked back into the chamber at 2:30 p.m. and approached the clerks. They both changed their previous votes to support Johnson.

You guys really want a dictatorship huh

[Winehole23]

Johnson is a little more secure now


The new rules make it so that a vote on removing the speaker can only be brought if at least nine Republicans support what is called a "motion to vacate."


That is a significantly higher bar than in the 118th Congress when any single member in either party could force such a motion.
The tool was used to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (https://www.axios.com/2023/10/03/house-republicans-remove-speaker-kevin-mccarthy) (R-Calif.) in October 2023. Johnson faced an unsuccessful ouster attempt in April.

Zoom in: House Democrats have railed against the change (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/mike-johnson-democrats-motion-to-vacate-rules), noting that for the first time in U.S. history the minority party would be restricted from introducing a motion to vacate.


"Instead of electing a Speaker of the House, they have decided to elect a Speaker of the Republican Conference — held hostage by their most extreme members," said House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.).

House approves new rules protecting Mike Johnson from ouster (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate-new-rule-passed)

[Winehole23]

Mike Johnson doing the fake TJ prayer harkens back to a simpler time, surely he knows where this comes from

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[Winehole23]

HL Hunt (https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/h-l-hunts-long-goodbye/)

[Dirks_Finale]

After speaking with Trump, Norman and Self walked back into the chamber at 2:30 p.m. and approached the clerks. They both changed their previous votes to support Johnson.

But you have to wonder if any concessions were made by Johnson. He did look a little uneasy when he came out of that meeting.

[Winehole23]

Destiny - Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Destiny/p-NWP2qAHa4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22given+us+this+good+land+for+our+heritage%22 +jefferson&dq=%22given+us+this+good+land+for+our+heritage%22+ jefferson&printsec=frontcover)

[Winehole23]

Johnson talking up another CR

Republicans can't pass a budget or govern

[Thread]

Johnson talking up another CR

Republicans can't pass a budget or govern

But can stomp a good sized mudhole in Clinton, Biden, & Harris assholes.

[Winehole23]

obsequiousness, thy name is Mike Johnson

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[koriwhat]

Johnson, like past SOTH, are and have always been worthless.

[Winehole23]

Mike Johnson has lost control of his own party, bills are being raised and passed with bipartisan discharge petitions


House GOP moderates are threatening to cut a deal with Democrats after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ruled out giving them a vote on extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. (https://www.axios.com/2025/11/26/aca-tax-credit-subsidy-whats-next-republicans)https://www.axios.com/2025/12/16/mike-johnson-aca-moderate-republicans

[Winehole23]

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler has signed the Democratic discharge petition for a 3-year ACA funding extension.

He's the second Republican to do so.

Two more and it gets to 218.

[Winehole23]

CRS has a detailed look at the history of discharge petitions in the House of Representatives thru 2003

there had been 5 discharges since 1971, and now there have been 5 just during this congresswww.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-centu... (https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the)www.everycrsreport.com/files/200304... (https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20030417_97-856_58b06fc68213c46ab3b5398b48e25fc57079e59c.pdf)

[Winehole23]

(ok, it turns out three is the real number of discharge petitions that passed and then got voted on in this Congress, but that's still a lot)

[Winehole23]

Jeffries' discharge petition for an ACA 3-yr subsidy extension passes, will receive a vote on the floor

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674858671/

[Winehole23]

Republicans are genuinely terrible at governing



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[Winehole23]

Republicans in disarray

Just terrible at governing


House Republicans adjourned last night without agreement on a rule, tried to bring the Rules Committee back this morning to figure out a way forward, failed, and are now totally adrift. Budget resolution, FISA, Farm Bill all up in the air.