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won his party’s nomination for a second term as speaker, teeing him up for a vote early next year even as rumors swirled earlier this week that some
Despite those efforts, no lawmaker publicly challenged Johnson for the position, allowing him to run unopposed. Any opposition was also quelled after President-elect Donald Trump visited with the House GOP on Thursday andJohnson won the nomination through a unanimous consent voice vote and ran unopposed.
However, he will not secure the position until Jan. 3, when the entire House will hold its speaker election. That election will come when Republicans will once again be managing a slim majority, so Johnson will need to keep his conference in line to avoid a similar fate to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy , who didn’t secure the gavel until his 15th round of voting and after making several concessions to those in his right flank.
House Republicans met Wednesday to elect their slate of top GOP leaders in the lower chamber for the next Congress. Both House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer were reelected to their positions in a unanimous voice vote, sources in the room told the
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