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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson tees up next plan to avert shutdown

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., speaks during a news conference to introduce the Democratic House leadership for the next session of Congress on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Jeffries wants Johnson to stick to funding deal, but won’t bail him out in speaker vote

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions from reporters after presenting his final version of an interim pending bill to his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump has now abruptly rejected the bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. Instead, he's telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House tanks Speaker Johnson’s back-up government funding plan

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson blames Democrats for killing second government funding plan

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses as he enters a closed-door strategy session with fellow Republicans as they work on a final version of a spending bill before federal agencies run out of money at midnight on Friday night, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson wrestles with opposition to stopgap bill vs. DOGE’s Musk and Ramaswamy

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for a roundtable meeting with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's picks for the planned Department of Government Efficiency, at the Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.

Speaker Mike Johnson defends spending bill amid Republican opposition

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson braces for GOP pushback on latest government funding patch as deadline looms

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Smith, Washington state Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is shown in this file photo from April 12, 2018. In a Armed Services Committee meeting on Sept. 29, 2021, Mr. Smith defended the Biden administration's handling of the August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal and chastised Pentagon brass for opposing a complete drawdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Defense bill includes massive raise for troops, sets up clash over transgender treatments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., touts Republican wins as he meets with reporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House decides to wait until Trump administration to pass child online safety legislation

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks before President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Speaker Johnson shrugs off having to navigate another tight House majority

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., touts Republican wins as he meets with reporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Hunter Biden’s pardon damages justice system

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a GOP press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House GOP margins shrink even more, teeing up paper-thin majority for start of Trump administration

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., smiles as President-elect Donald Trump attends a meeting with House Republicans in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP)

Speaker Johnson shuts the door on transgender women using Capitol’s female bathrooms

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

The late-day sun shines on the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Transgender bathroom fight comes to Capitol Hill

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

House Republican leaders, from left, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, arrive to tout Republican wins and meet with reporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Congress returns to work this week to begin what is known as a lame-duck session — that period between Election Day and the end of the two-year congressional term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Johnson backs temporary funding bill until Republicans take control of Congress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., as he arrives to speak at a meeting with the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Johnson says ethics report on Gaetz hasn’t come up in conversations with Trump

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Matt Gaetz talks before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Speaker Johnson presses Ethics Committee not to release report on Gaetz

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Speaker Mike Johnson begins fight for the House gavel promising to be Trump’s ‘quarterback’

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks before President-elect Donald Trump arrives to meet the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Speaker Johnson wins unanimous support from GOP for another term as top House Republican

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a GOP press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump endorses Speaker Johnson to stay House GOP’s top dog

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times