Three ways Speaker Johnson's gavel has forced the onetime rebel to change his tune

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was once a representative who largely flew under the radar and was unknown nationally.

He opposed Ukraine funding in the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, but now, as speaker, he must work for compromise in a largely divided Congress, forcing him to change his tune. Going from being a Ukraine funding skeptic to backing more spending isn’t the only position the speaker has changed since rising to the top of the chamber.