After Delay Following Failed First Vote, Johnson Narrowly Wins Speakership
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TRepublican Congressman Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was unsuccessful at winning enough votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to retain his position as Speaker of the House on the first day of the House’s meeting for business in its new term. The failed Friday afternoon vote doesn’t necessarily mean that Johnson will not eventually become speaker heading into the new term, as he and other…