The race to become the next Speaker of the House is underway, with incumbent Mike Johnson facing a challenge from within his own party. Despite backing from President-elect Donald Trump, Johnson needs to secure more votes to win the position.
The first-round balloting is underway to determine who the House speaker will be. Current Speaker Mike Johnson needed just two more votes as his allies spoke to some of the holdouts on the House floor on Friday.Johnson faces a leadership challenge with opposition from some of his own GOP colleagues – despite backing from President-elect Donald Trump . Johnson was holed up in the Capitol Thursday evening, working to sway the hardline holdouts, according to the Associated Press.
Congress has been here before, when it took Republicans nearly a week and 15 rounds of voting to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker in 2023. McCarthy was then dumped by his party, a historic first, but he was also part of a long list of GOP speakers chased to early exits.The stakes are higher this year as Trump prepares to return to the White House with the House and Senate in GOP control and promising to deliver big on a 100-day agenda.'He's the one that can win right now,' Trump said about Johnson at a New Year's Eve party that drew other GOP leaders to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.Trump endorsed Johnson but also said 'others are very good, too,' a nod to 'Make America Great Again' allies in the president-elect's orbit.Meanwhile, the Senate is able to convene on its own and has already elected party leaders — Sen. John Thune as the Republican majority leader and Sen. Chuck Schumer for the Democratic minority.Here’s what to know:The newly-elected House must first vote on its speaker – a role required by the Constitution and second in the line of succession to the president. It’s a vote that members take even before being sworn into office.Lawmakers call out the name of their choice for speaker from the floor, a rare and time-consuming roll call that heightens the drama on the floor. Members often liven up the proceedings by shouting or standing when casting their vot
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