A new rift has opened in the House Republican caucus over how best to carry out President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Make America Great Again” agenda. Conservative hardliners left the House GOP’s annual issues conference this week arguing leadership hasn’t found a path forward to effectively overhaul the federal government.
Man Went to Capitol to Kill Hegseth, Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed that a plan to pass President Trump’s agenda would be coming soon, but some Republicans want a blueprint faster.
I think he’s going to be wise in how he does that,’ the House speaker said Monday of Trump’s warnings to America’s neighbors.
Donald Trump made sweeping pardons for those involved in the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol during his first day back in office, a move widely pushed back on by both sides of the aisle. House speaker Mike Johnson was not part of that pushback though, saying it wasn’t “my place” to do so — prompting Stephen Colbert to guffaw on Wednesday night.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is sitting down Tuesday evening for a fireside chat hosted by The Hill’s Emily Brooks. Johnson and House Republicans are gathering this week for their annual
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday invited President Trump to address a joint session of Congress on March 4.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has maintained that any relief aid for California and Los Angeles is likely to require policy review first.
Critics said the removal erodes congressional oversight and advances the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.