Tag: speaker
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Iran attack puts pressure on US House speaker to pass aid bill for Israel and Ukraine | House of Representatives
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The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has said he will aim to advance a bill for wartime aid to Israel this week following Iran’s weekend attack, but did not clarify whether Ukraine funding would be part of the package. US assistance for both nations has languished amid political bickering in Congress, with Johnson – an…
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Mike Johnson calls rightwing attempt to remove him as speaker ‘a distraction from our mission’ – live | US politics
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Johnson calls rightwing attempt to remove him as speaker ‘a distraction from our mission’ Just before Congress left town last month, rightwing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene formally proposed removing Mike Johnson as speaker over frustrations that he didn’t secure more conservative policy wins in a bill to keep the government open. It’s a sore subject…
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House passes $1.2tn spending bill; Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly moves to vacate House speaker – live | US politics
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House passes funding bill to prevent partial government shutdown The House has approved a $1.2tn government funding bill that will prevent a partial shutdown, with 286 votes in favor against 134 opposed. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later today, and Joe Biden has said he will sign it. Share Key events…
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House speaker casts doubts on Senate Ukraine, Israel aid package
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By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson late Monday sharply criticized a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other countries, casting serious doubts about the future of the package just as Senate leaders were slowly muscling it toward a final vote. Senate leaders, trying…
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Israeli parliament speaker slams Biden’s ‘counterproductive’ sanctions on some West Bank settlers
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The Biden administration’s executive order sanctioning Israelis in the West Bank was “counterproductive,” the speaker of Israel’s parliament told The Post. “I think it doesn’t help anyone to think that Israel does not deal with this problem,” said Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. “There is a very small minority that acts in a criminal way which…
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Mike Johnson says he ‘isn’t afraid’ to change House speaker removal rule | Mike Johnson
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Republican House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he “isn’t afraid” of changing the rules governing how the speaker can be removed from the post by any one member, Democrat or Republican, who introduces a “motion to vacate” followed by a majority-wins floor vote. The rule was adopted earlier this year among a number of concessions…
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What’s Up With Speaker Mike Johnson’s Black Son?
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On Speaker Mike Johnson’s first full day in office half the journalism world was looking into the surprise Speaker’s past. In his meteoric one day rise from four term representative to Speaker there was no time for anyone to vet him. But one part of that past came out of left field. Video surfaced of…