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House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks to reporters following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Speaker Johnson won’t rule out stopgap bill, ‘optimistic’ Congress will meet first funding deadline

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks to reporters following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

House Republicans revolt against Speaker Johnson ahead of looming spending deadline

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., speaks at a press conference on appropriations with members of the House Freedom Caucus and conservative senators on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

House Republicans tank bills to send tough message to Speaker Mike Johnson

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Then-House Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses members of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year 2024 that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. Funding is set to lapse on Jan. 19 for some agencies and Feb. 2 for others. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Speaker Johnson: New border deal must include more wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants form lines outside the border fence waiting for transportation to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) **FILE**

GOP identifies Biden’s 64 actions that have ‘broken’ the border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Then-House Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses members of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year 2024 that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. Funding is set to lapse on Jan. 19 for some agencies and Feb. 2 for others. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Conservatives fume over Speaker Johnson’s spending deal with Democrats

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, stands with more than 60 fellow Republicans in Congress as he talks to the media during a visit to the U.S.- Mexico border, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. According to U.S. officials, a Mexican enforcement surge has contributed to a sharp drop in illegal entries to the U.S. in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

House speaker gives lukewarm hope for secret Senate border security talks

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen during a ceremonial swearing in for Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, to the House of Representatives, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

House sets March 7 for Biden State of the Union address

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young speaks about the possible government shutdown during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, Young sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv's war effort to defend itself from Russia's invasion may grind to a halt without it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

White House says renegotiating top-line spending is breaking GOP’s promise

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican members of Congress walk adjacent to the Rio Grande at the Texas-Mexico border, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is leading about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit to the Mexican border. Their trip comes as they are demanding hard-line immigration policies in exchange for backing President Joe Biden's emergency wartime funding request for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Republicans at border insist on security; Speaker Johnson raps Biden team for ‘unmitigated disaster’

By Kerry Picket and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) **FILE**

Proof ‘cannot be ignored’ against President Biden, contends Speaker Johnson

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Speaker Johnson blames Senate for thwarting spending completion

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Capitol Hill gridlock rattles Ukraine: GOP demands plan for victory; Dems say it’s aid or defeat

By Ben Wolfgang and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

From left, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., meet with reporters to discuss their efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House vote on Biden impeachment inquiry expected next week

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans meet with reporters to discuss their efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House says Speaker Johnson flip-flopped on formal impeachment inquiry

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker rejects White House’s Ukraine aid plea until Dems ‘negotiate reasonably’ on border

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says vote on impeachment inquiry ‘necessary’; vote could come very soon

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, stops to speak with a reporter, Dec. 2, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Buck, a conservative Republican who represents much of Colorado's rural eastern plains, announced Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, that he would not seek a sixth term in Congress, citing many in his party who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election and to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP Rep. Ken Buck says Speaker Johnson should denounce 2020 stolen election claims, Jan. 6 riot

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speaker Johnson unveils GOP joint fundraising committee

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press