Mike Johnson holds onto his role as US House Speaker, overcoming dissent within Republican ranks.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin that highlighted potential fissures among President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Following the vote, Johnson vowed to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts, which are due to expire this year and roll back regulations.Other big challenges will loom, including addressing the nation's more than $36 trillion in debt, which Congress will need to act on later this year. Members of Congress milled around the chamber for more than half an hour after voting had concluded, where Johnson and his lieutenants could be seen trying to persuade the holdouts.
Along with Representative Ralph Norman, Self returned to the House floor to vote for Johnson. A lawmaker close to Johnson, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the speaker promised to run the House in a “constructive” way but did not agree to any specific rules changes to win their support. In a role that is second in line to the presidency after the vice president, Johnson will have a big job ahead. In addition to taking on Trump's sweeping legislative agenda, Congress will need to address the nation's debt ceiling later this year.
All three seats, which represent solidly Republican districts, are due to be filled in special elections later this year.
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