Republican Johnson re-elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Republican Mike Johnson, Speaker of the lower house of the U.S. Congress (House of Representatives), was re-elected to office in the first round of voting on January 3. The broadcast was conducted on the C-SPAN TV channel.

Thus, Johnson won the support of 218 members of the House of Representatives, which began work on Friday, the new, 119th convocation of the U.S. Congress. To win he needed to get at least 218 out of 434 votes.

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On the eve, January 2, Johnson said on the air of Fox News television channel that he was confident in his re-election to office "in one round." He recalled that at the new convocation in the House of Representatives the Republican Party will have a small margin of votes, so it is necessary that the Republicans "work together for the good of the team".

Meanwhile, on December 24, 2024, it was reported that Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of losing the support of US President-elect Donald Trump and losing his post. Republicans communicated with the president-elect in the weeks before the government shutdown was announced, expressing dissatisfaction and doubts about how Johnson was handling issues. Information about the conversations spread when House Republicans became dissatisfied with Johnson's handling of government funding.

On December 20, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives backed a bill to temporarily extend funding for the federal government hours before the shutdown hit. The document went to the Senate (the upper house of Congress) for a vote. After that, in case of approval, the bill will be sent to the signature of U.S. President Joe Biden. At that time, Johnson also promised not to allow a shutdown as Republican congressmen try to find a last-minute solution to the issue of funding the government.

On October 25, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives elected Republican Mike Johnson as Speaker. The election stretched over four days. Thus, the United States House of Representatives did not have a person in office for three weeks.