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New House Speaker Mike Johnson has weeks to help prevent a government shutdown

By Cami Mondeaux
Published October 27, 2023 8:30am ET
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New House Speaker Mike Johnson has weeks to help prevent a government shutdown
From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo. | Susan Walsh/AP

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is getting a crash course in running the chamber, for a job that’s second in the line of presidential succession behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

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