The new speaker, Mike Johnson, is virtually unknown to most Americans, but he can be expected to press a hard-right social and fiscal agenda.
Tag: United States Politics and Government
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Justice Thomas’s R.V. Loan Was Forgiven, Senate Inquiry Finds
The justice failed to repay much, perhaps all, of the $267,230 loan. His benefactor wiped the slate clean, with ethical and potential tax consequences.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Helped Efforts to Overturn The 2020 Election
Representative Mike Johnson recruited House Republicans to back a lawsuit to overturn the results, and he was a key architect of his party’s objections to certifying President Biden’s victory.
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Who Is Mike Johnson? The Latest G.O.P. House Speaker Nominee
A lawyer and former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he played a pivotal role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Speaker Race: House Prepares to Vote on Mike Johnson
The G.O.P.’s fourth and latest nominee, Mike Johnson, is a social conservative from Louisiana who appears to have united many Republicans behind his candidacy.