{"id":2218216,"date":"2024-04-11T09:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnsons-latest-failure-sets-a-new-record-for-house-speakers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:09:37","slug":"johnsons-latest-failure-sets-a-new-record-for-house-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnsons-latest-failure-sets-a-new-record-for-house-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson&#8217;s most recent letdown establishes a new milestone for House speakers"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjohnsons-latest-failure-sets-a-new-record-for-house-speakers%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=2218216&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--><p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) set a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/questions-mount-after-biden-sets-modern-record-with-no-solo-press-conferences\/\" title=\"Questions Mount After Biden Sets \u2018Modern Record\u2019 With No Solo Press Conferences\">modern record<\/a> with \u2063four losses in rule votes within\u200d six months, as House Republicans rebelled against \u200chis leadership once again. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democratic-rep-henry-cuellar-draws-primary-challenge-from-the-left\/\" title=\"Texas Democratic Rep Henry Cuellar Draws Primary Challenge From The Left\">recent defeat<\/a> came as they rejected a renewal vote for the \u2064Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, \u200bfollowing opposition from former President Donald Trump. Johnson&#8217;s rapid accumulation \u2064of defeats contrasts with his \u2062predecessors&#8217; records.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/speaker-of-the-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House Speaker\">House Speaker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) hasn\u2019t been in charge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"lower chamber\">lower chamber<\/a> for very long, but he has already set a modern record.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, House <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republicans\">Republicans<\/a> revolted against their leadership once again, shooting down a rule vote and sealing the grim milestone for Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The rebels killed a vote on a rule to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> expressed opposition. The defeat marked Johnson\u2019s fourth loss in a rule vote across six months. Johnson hasn\u2019t presided over more rule defeats than other modern speakers in total, but his losses have stacked up faster than his predecessors.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of Rosie the Riveter on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As CNN\u2019s Kristin Wilson pointed out, Johnson\u2019s four failures in six months contrast with former House speakers \u2014 Kevin McCarthy had three in eight months, Dennis Hastert had two in eight years, and Newt Gingrich had six in four years. Former House Speakers Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), John Boehner, and Paul Ryan had zero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-of-the-biggest-house-moments-after-a-historic-2023-in-congress\/\" title=\"Top 6 House moments post-historic 2023 in Congress\">failed rule votes<\/a> during their tenures.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>For those keeping track at home. Recent Speakers and The Lost Rule Votes: <\/p>\n<p>Gingrich: 6 votes in 4 years<br \/>Hastert: 2 votes in 8 years<br \/>Pelosi: ZERO<br \/>Boehner: ZERO<br \/>Ryan: ZERO<br \/>Pelosi, redux: ZERO<br \/>McCarthy: 3 votes in 8 months<br \/>Johnson: 4 votes in 6 months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Kristin Wilson (@kristin__wilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristin__wilson\/status\/1778138929826234877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-too-colorados-2020-election-results-are-also-suspect-bidens-numbers-raise-serious-red-flags-and-alleged-turnout-is-more-like-saddams-iraq-than-the-us\/\" title=\"COLORADO TOO!  Colorado\u2019s 2020 Election Results Are Also Suspect \u2013 Biden\u2019s Numbers Raise Serious Red Flags and Alleged Turnout Is More Like Saddam\u2019s Iraq than the US\">record-setting vote<\/a> saw 19 Republicans defect to the Democrats, leaving the final vote at 193 to 228.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has made moves to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2961192\/speaker-johnson-trump-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shore up\">shore up<\/a> his relationship with Trump in recent months, possibly to soothe the hard-liners within his party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After an initial honeymoon phase last year, following the chaotic speaker race resulting from McCarthy\u2019s removal, Johnson has struggled to rein in the different elements of House Republicans. The disappointing results for Republicans in 2022 have left him little room to maneuver, as only a few defections could derail any vote.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between Johnson and House Republicans have reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, with Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) blasting him in public and introducing a measure to have him removed as speaker.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) quickly made history by setting a modern record. Recent events saw House Republicans staging another revolt, rejecting a rule vote, and solidifying Johnson&#8217;s grim milestone. The rebels effectively halted a crucial vote on a rule<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2218217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102086961410-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102086961410-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}