Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise form Louisiana's most powerful partnership in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) praised Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) as a “reformer” after his nomination for attorney general on Nov. 13.

In January, Mike Johnson faces another vote to stay in the job that places him second in line for the presidency after Vice President-elect JD Vance.

Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

While Johnson has no serious challenger, he faces dissent within his ranks, particularly from hard-right conservatives and the Freedom Caucus withholding their votes as leverage to extract promises ahead.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is seen onstage at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Johnson on Wednesday won the

Speaker Mike Johnson has won the support of enough Republicans to stand as their candidate for the gavel in January.