The discharge petition is a way to force votes by sidestepping the Speaker. For decades it was mostly forgotten, but has been brought back for bills on the Epstein files and to extend ACA subsidies.

In mid-November 2025, social media posts spread online claiming Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, donated all of his Congressional salary to charity. Speaker Mike Johnson ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s unenviable situation got a little worse on Wednesday when four centrist Republicans — all from competitive districts — joined a Democratic effort to force a vote on ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) found himself in an awkward moment on Friday in front of reporters, as he scrambled to clarify comments made by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who told the ...

Throughout 2025, a meme about Republican U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson circulated online purporting that the politician once said he was "abstinence partners" with his son. Speaker of the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson’s sexism is fueling an unexpected uprising within the GOP caucus. Marjorie Taylor Greene at a Capitol Hill press conference on November 18, 2025. House Speaker Mike Johnson has ...

When historians of the future compile lists of great Speakers of the House, of the titans who ruled the People’s Chamber with an iron fist and implacable determination, Mike Johnson probably won’t get ...

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson has had a bruising month, with Republicans repeatedly defying his leadership amid growing frustration over how he's led the fractious majority. Fresh off a ...

Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport-Bossier said the capture of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro will protect American lives ...