Tag: Mike Johnson

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House starts its August recess and kicks off crucial campaign stretch

Hailey Bullis, Lauren Green · July 25, 2026 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), President Donald Trump, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House GOP threads SAVE America Act into legislative agenda in effort to break Senate

Lauren Green · July 24, 2026 5:51 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Mike Johnson has victorious week in the House, but Senate roadblocks loom

Hailey Bullis · July 23, 2026 6:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House Republicans pass budget framework for $95 billion party-line spending bill

Hailey Bullis, Lauren Green · July 22, 2026 5:02 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House jams through funding patch to avert shutdown through December

Hailey Bullis · July 21, 2026 10:19 pm

Mike Johnson and Donald Trump

Johnson tells Trump to ‘wrap it up’ in Iran as president rejects midterm influence on war

Claire Carter · July 21, 2026 10:14 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans to discuss work on President Donald Trump's bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leadership floats fourth reconciliation bill to appease hard-line holdouts

Lauren Green · July 21, 2026 6:28 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House Republicans release spending stopgap to avert shutdown through December

Hailey Bullis · July 17, 2026 4:03 pm

Activists opposing funding for Planned Parenthood demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case is heard in Washington on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Anti-abortion leaders push reluctant House Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood again

Mabinty Quarshie · July 17, 2026 6:00 am

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center where former President Bill Clinton was testifying before U.S. House lawmakers as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Chappaqua, N.Y.

House GOP leadership pulls VA bill amid House floor turmoil

Lauren Green · July 16, 2026 2:09 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he arrives at the chamber to praise the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans balk at Mike Johnson’s defense bill push

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry · July 16, 2026 2:04 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Chair of the House Republican Conference Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., leave a meeting with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP releases budget framework for $95 billion reconciliation bill

Lauren Green, Hailey Bullis · July 15, 2026 9:26 am