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Speaker Mike Johnson’s Narrow Majority: The Chaos to Come

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Conor J. Kelly
Jan 04, 2025
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With his election as Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson faces the undesirable prospect of leading with a narrow majority and a dysfunctional party

Office of Speaker Mike Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It’s official. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is officially the Speaker of the House after just one round of voting. 1 The vote, which took place last F…

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