Representative Mike Johnson has been elected as the new Speaker of the House, marking a significant shift after the tumultuous period of Kevin McCarthy's tenure. This development signals a potential easing of tensions within the Republican party and a return to more traditional legislative processes.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was sworn in as Speaker of the House on the House floor of the US Capitol, Washington, DC. The vote represents progress over the last Congress, when it took five days to install Kevin McCarthy as speaker and then, after GOP rebels took his head, three weeks to replace him.
It will ease many of the GOP tensions that bedeviled the House these last two years: Not least, it means at least a partial return to “regular order” so that major spending bills get signed into law outside of those obscene “omnibus” Christmas trees. Governing still won’t be easy: The Biden years leave America needing a cleanup in every aisle, and while most Democrats aren’t signaling all-out #Resistance this time ’round, none are rushing to pick up mops to help out. But at least the transition is now moving full-steam ahead, and Mike Johnson is in place to herd the House cats
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