Mike Johnson's Fate Uncertain As House Speaker Vote Looms
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The House will meet Friday at noon and has to select a speaker before it can do anything else — including certify Donald Trump's election victory.
WASHINGTON ― When it meets for the first session of a new Congress on Friday, the House of Representatives has to elect a speaker before it can do anything else.
It’s not clear if Republicans are up to the task.
Current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) projected confidence on Thursday morning that he would be reelected, but allowed that the vote would be close.
“We’ll have a margin of probably two votes tomorrow during that, so can only afford to lose one or two, but I think we’ll get it done,” Johnson said on “Fox & Friends.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has said he won’t support Johnson, and several other Republicans, such as Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), have sharply criticized their speaker while not outright promising to vote against him.
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