{"id":2092129,"date":"2023-11-06T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnsons-voting-record-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:58:33","slug":"speaker-johnsons-voting-record-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnsons-voting-record-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson&#8217;s Voting Record: Essential Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspeaker-johnsons-voting-record-everything-you-need-to-know%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2092129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Speaker Johnson&#8217;s Voting Record: Everything You Need to Know<\/h2>\n<p>Last\u200b month, Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana seemingly emerged out of nowhere to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Though largely unknown to the general public, he has amassed a reliably conservative\u2063 voting record.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson entered Congress \u200cin 2017. His term\u200b of service, therefore, coincided\u2063 with the beginning of former President\u2064 Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021,\u2062 colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected<\/a> Johnson \u2064vice \u200bchairman\u200b of the House Republican Conference, and they unanimously re-elected \u2063him in\u200b November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House.gov bio<\/a> \u200bdescribes \u200dhim as\u2064 \u201ca leading defender of the \u2064right to\u200b life, religious \u200bliberty,\u200c free speech, the Second Amendment and free market principles.\u201d His votes on key bills have confirmed as much.<\/p>\n<p>Readers in search of detailed congressional voting records \u200bhave several options.\u200c The \u200cwebsite <a href=\"https:\/\/ioncongress.com\/index.php?page=Vote&#038;member_id=J000299&#038;first_name=Mike&#038;last_name=Johnson&#038;state=LA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IonCongress.com<\/a>, for instance,\u200d offers an exhaustive list of all votes, \u200bincluding votes on amendments to bills. This is the legislative junkie\u2019s source.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/candidate\/key-votes\/156097\/mike-johnson\/?p=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vote Smart<\/a> provides a list of \u201cNational\u200d Key Votes\u201d sure to satisfy \u2063a serious\u200c researcher.<\/p>\n<p>No matter the source, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speaker-mike-johnson-already-ruffling-dem-feathers-brings-major-x-factor-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson\u2019s<\/a> voting record reveals at least one predictable\u200c pattern.<\/p>\n<p>During years when Republicans\u2062 enjoyed a majority\u200b in\u200c the House (2017-18, 2023), his ledger showed nearly all \u201cyes\u201d votes. Conversely, when \u2063Democrats controlled the House (2019-22), Johnson voted \u201cno\u201d nearly\u200d all of the\u2062 time.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps\u200d the best\u2063 way \u2062to illustrate his overall record \u2062would \u200bbe to examine\u2064 the \u2064new speaker\u2019s votes\u200d on major bills brought to the House floor \u2064in each of the last two calendar years, one of which featured Republican\u2062 and the other \u2062Democratic control.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, on Oct. 3 of this\u2064 year, Johnson voted against the resolution to vacate the speakership that led to the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from \u2062that role. Otherwise, \u200dhe has voted in ways that all\u200c conservatives \u2014\u2062 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-leads-biden-significant-margin-crucial-swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> supporters \u2014\u2062 would\u2063 support.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 28, \u2064for instance, Johnson \u200djoined 116 other Republicans in voting <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/35718\/95243\/28918\/ukraine-security-assistance-and-oversight-supplemental-appropriations-act-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> the Ukraine\u2062 Security Assistance \u200band\u2063 Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act. The remaining\u200c 101 Republicans joined \u2063all 210 Democrats in passing the \u200bbill.<\/p>\n<p>In May, he co-sponsored \u200dthe Secure the Border Act, which narrowly \u2062passed the House\u200b despite two \u2063Republican defectors. Predictably, the\u2062 White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAP-H.R.-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened<\/a> a veto should this bill ever reach the \u2062president\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the 118th Congress met for the \u200bfirst time in \u2064January,\u200c Johnson co-sponsored several other bills that reflected his priorities and values.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. \u200d9, the conservative Christian co-sponsored the Born-Alive Abortion\u2063 Survivors Protection\u200b Act. Two days later, one Democrat joined all 219\u200c Republicans in <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/34026\/90338\/156097\/born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approving<\/a> the bill.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Jan. \u200b25,\u200c he \u200cco-sponsored\u2062 a concurrent resolution denouncing \u200dthe \u200bhorrors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/100-members-congress-refused-denounce-socialism-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialism<\/a>.\u2063 Remarkably, 86 Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/34088\/90483\/156097\/denouncing-the-horrors-of-socialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> against \u200cthe \u2063resolution.<\/p>\n<p>And on Feb. 1, Johnson co-sponsored the \u200cProtection \u2064of Women \u200band Girls in Sports Act. The bill <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/34763\/91715\/156097\/protection-of-women-and-girls-in-sports-act-of-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> in\u200b a straight\u200c party-line vote.<\/p>\n<p>His \u200c2023 priorities have proved consistent\u200d with votes he made in 2022, when Republicans tried \u200bto \u200cfend off a good deal of terrible legislation in a Democrat-controlled House.<\/p>\n<p>On \u200dSept. 30, 2022, for instance, Johnson joined\u200d all \u200dbut 10 Republicans in voting\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/32480\/88795\/156097\/continuing-appropriations-and-ukraine-supplemental-appropriations-act-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> the Continuing Appropriations\u200c and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson \u200calso\u200d voted <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/31958\/87785\/156097\/inflation-reduction-act-of-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> \u2064President Joe Biden\u2019s\u2062 signature\u2063 (though inaptly named) Inflation Reduction Act. The \u200cother 206 Republicans \u200bdid likewise.<\/p>\n<p>More telling, \u2064perhaps, was his vote <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/33014\/86984\/156097\/respect-for-marriage-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> the\u200d Orwellian-named \u200bRespect for Marriage Act. \u200bThis \u200cbill required all states\u200c to\u2063 recognize same-sex\u200c marriages from other states.\u2064 Thirty-nine Republicans\u200c joined Democrats in approving the bill, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-white-house-full-blown-crisis-growing-race-problem-becomes-undeniable-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> signed into\u200b law on Dec. 13, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>One\u2063 of \u200cJohnson\u2019s few\u200d \u201cyes\u201d votes in\u2063 2022 came\u2063 on Dec. 1, when he and 112 other Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/33909\/89987\/156097\/pregnant-women-in-custody-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined<\/a> all Democrats in passing the\u200d Pregnant Women in Custody \u2063Act. Though inspired by different motives from \u200cthose of \u2062pro-choice Democrats, the Louisiana Republican here demonstrated\u200c his concern \u2063for the unborn \u200cchild.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, on one occasion during his congressional tenure, Johnson did not\u2063 resist \u2062the rising tide of \u200crace-based virtue signaling.<\/p>\n<p>On June 16, 2021, he joined 413 others \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/30913\/80114\/156097\/juneteenth-national-independence-day-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imposing<\/a> \u200cthe \u2063national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hospital-insults-christians-everywhere-ditches-christmas-eve-paid-holiday-juneteenth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth<\/a> \u200dholiday. Only \u200c14 Republicans had \u200bthe courage to resist that\u200c bill.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, \u2062Johnson\u2064 did\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/statement-administration-policy-hr-6136-border-security-and-immigration-reform-act-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buck<\/a> \u200d then-President Trump on at least one major piece \u200dof legislation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-passes-israel-aid-bill-funded-irs-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson<\/a> voted \u201cno\u201d on the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018. This bill would\u200d have funded \u2064a border wall while giving so-called \u2063Dreamers temporary protection from \u2064deportation. Here Johnson \u200band 111 other Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/bill\/24758\/63301\/156097\/border-security-and-immigration-reform-act-of-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined<\/a> \u2062all 189 Democrats in defeating the bill,\u200c which 121 Republicans supported.<\/p>\n<p>On the whole, however, Johnson allied\u200d with the 45th president.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mike-johnson-election-denier-voting-record-explained-1837892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> \u2063 noted that\u200d after the 2020 presidential election, Johnson offered \u201cfull-throated support toward Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u200b must exhaust every available\u200b legal\u2062 remedy \u200bto restore Americans\u2019 trust \u200bin the fairness of our election system,\u201d he wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also \u2063wrote an amicus brief supporting Texas\u2019\u2063 lawsuit against multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bad-news-biden-trump-showing-sizable-leads-multiple-2024-battleground-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">battleground<\/a> states that had used the \u200dCOVID-19 pandemic \u2064as an excuse to ignore federal \u200band state laws and \u2063thereby throw the entire election into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost\u2062 of my Republican colleagues in the House, and countless millions of \u200bour \u200dconstituents across \u200cthe country, now have \u2063serious concerns with the integrity of our election system,\u201d Johnson said in a statement to\u2062 Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Jan. 6, 2021, Johnson\u200c joined 146 other Republicans in \u2064voting against certifying Arizona\u2019s and Pennsylvania\u2019s 2020 presidential election \u200creturns.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he voted against \u200bforming the now-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liz-cheney-gets-high-horse-bash-dangerous-speaker-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced<\/a> Jan. 6 \u200ccommittee.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Johnson\u2019s voting record, coupled with his leadership roles, made him an appealing \u200bspeaker candidate \u2063to nearly all Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speaker-johnsons-voting-record-everything-need-know\/\">Speaker Johnson&#8217;s Voting Record: Everything You Need to Know<\/a> \u2064appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is Speaker Johnson&#8217;s stance on the \u2062Second Amendment and \u200dhow has he voted on\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-rule-out-using-executive-orders-to-crackdown-on-second-amendment-rights-white-house\/\" title=\"Biden Won\u2019t Rule Out Using Executive Orders To Crackdown On Second Amendment Rights: White House\">gun control measures<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span>  Vors Protection Act, which sought to\u2064 protect infants\u200b who survive abortion attempts. The bill was ultimately defeated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his\u200b stance on abortion, Johnson has consistently voted in favor of religious liberty and free speech. He supported \u200bthe First Amendment Defense Act, which aimed to protect individuals and organizations from government discrimination based on their religious beliefs. He also voted for the Free \u200cSpeech Fairness Act, which aimed to protect the free speech rights of nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes\u2064 to the\u2064 Second Amendment, Johnson has been a strong advocate for gun rights. He has consistently voted against gun control measures and supported bills that aimed to protect\u2063 and expand\u2064 the rights of gun \u2064owners.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s voting record also reflects his\u2062 support for free market principles. He has \u2063consistently voted for tax cuts and \u200dderegulation, believing that a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnsons-voting-record-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson's Voting Record: Essential Information\">free-market system\u2063 promotes economic growth<\/a> and individual liberty. He supported\u200b the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act \u200bof 2017, \u2062which aimed to \u200dreduce tax burdens on businesses and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Speaker Johnson&#8217;s voting record reveals a\u2064 consistent conservative ideology. He has consistently voted in favor of policies that protect\u200c life, uphold religious liberty and free speech,\u200b support Second Amendment rights, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fugitive-illegal-alien-accused-of-mass-murder-in-texas-captured\/\" title=\"Texas police capture illegal alien fugitive accused of mass murder.\">promote free-market principles<\/a>. For those interested in a detailed analysis of his voting record, resources such as IonCongress.com and Vote \u2062Smart provide comprehensive \u200dinformation on\u2063 his votes, allowing\u200b for a more in-depth examination of his legislative priorities.<\/p>\n<p>As Speaker of the House,\u2062 Johnson&#8217;s voting record will continue to shape \u2063the policies and direction of the Republican \u200dParty.\u200d His\u2063 conservative values and \u2064commitment to these principles make him a reliable leader for those who share similar beliefs. While he may be relatively unknown to the general public, his voting record demonstrates his dedication to advancing conservative values in Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, Louisiana&#8217;s Republican Rep. Mike Johnson unexpectedly became the U.S. House Speaker. Despite being relatively unknown, he has consistently voted conservatively. 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