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Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the same house in 2023 also.
On Friday, Republican MP Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the US Parliament. Johnson also had the support of newly elected President Donald Trump. However, despite Trump’s support, he had to work hard to win. Louisiana MP Mike Johnson was also elected speaker of the same house in 2023.
According to CNN, this is the lowest majority that any speaker has got in the last 100 years. Donald Trump congratulated Johnson after the victory.
According to news agency Reuters, Johnson needed 218 votes to become speaker again. But initially 3 MPs from his Republican Party refused to support him. After this, Johnson lobbied for 45 minutes to get the majority. Only then did he get the support of two Republican MPs, due to which he was able to gain majority.
In America, Mike Johnson has got the lowest majority for the post of Speaker in the last 100 years.
Trump said- Mike will be a great speaker
After Johnson’s victory, Trump said on social media-
Congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson for securing majority in Congress. Mike will be a great speaker, which will benefit our country a lot. The American people have waited for this common sense, power and leadership for 4 years.
Republicans have majority in the lower house of the US Parliament
The Republican Party is in majority with 220 seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the US Parliament. However, when voting for the post of Speaker started on Friday, the majority of Republicans had come down to 219, because former Republican MP from Florida Matt Gaetz decided not to return to Congress (US Parliament).
To get majority in the Speaker election, it was necessary for any candidate to get 218 votes. But 3 Republican MPs Thomas Massey, Ralph Norman and Keith Self had announced to vote for other candidates instead of Johnson.
Kentucky MP Thomas Massey even said that you can pull out all my nails. You can start biting my fingers. But I’m not voting for Mike Johnson.
Republican MP Thomas Massey had refused to vote for his party’s Mike Johnson.
Got support from two MPs after 45 minutes of lobbying
Mike Johnson later met with Ralph Norman and Keith Self to convince them to vote for him. Finally, after 45 minutes of lobbying, both the MPs voted in favor of Johnson. In this way Mike Johnson was elected speaker by a very narrow margin.
Amidst this political tug of war, Johnson also spoke to Donald Trump on phone twice.
Mike Johnson won the majority after 45 minutes of lobbying.
The most powerful post after President and Vice President
In America, the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives is considered very powerful, which controls the lower house of Congress. Apart from this, in the order of precedence it is third after the President and the Vice President.
After voting, Johnson promised that he would continue the track reduction process started by Trump in 2017. Along with this, he also talked about withdrawing many regulations. He said that we are also going to drastically reduce the size and scope of the government.
Johnson said that we have to find solutions to many of America’s biggest challenges, including solving the country’s $36 trillion debt.
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