{"id":2419139,"date":"2025-04-02T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-gets-reinforcements-with-swearing-in-of-florida-republicans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T18:48:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:48:52","slug":"mike-johnson-gets-reinforcements-with-swearing-in-of-florida-republicans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-gets-reinforcements-with-swearing-in-of-florida-republicans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson gets reinforcements with swearing-in of Florida Republicans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fmike-johnson-gets-reinforcements-with-swearing-in-of-florida-republicans-washington-examiner%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=2419139&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) welcomed two new Republican members, Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine, to the House following their victories in Florida&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republican-state-senators-propose-bills-to-end-no-excuse-mail-voting-automatic-registration\/\" title=\"Georgia ...ublican State Senators Propose Bills to End No-excuse Mail Voting, Automatic Registration\">special elections<\/a>. This expansion of the Republican conference gives johnson a three-seat majority, vital as Congress faces a notable budget debate in the upcoming weeks. Patronis emphasized the possibility for the GOP under their majority to address fiscal issues and enhance opportunities for Americans. Their election comes amid challenges for the Republicans, including recent resignations that had narrowed their control. The House now has a Republican majority of 220-213, with efforts underway to pass a large spending bill through reconciliation. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-remain-divided-with-only-days-to-avert-shutdown\/\" title=\"... ... still divided, running out of time to avoid shutdown.\">procedural difficulties<\/a> have arisen due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-messenger-matters-latino-republicans-in-congress-reflect-on-gop-gains-with-hispanics\/\" title=\"\u2018The Messenger Matters\u2019: Latino ... In Congress Reflect On ... Gains With Hispanics\">slim margins<\/a> in the House, complicating Johnson&#8217;s agenda.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Speaker Johnson&rsquo;s majority gets reinforcements with swearing-in of two Florida Republicans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has sworn in two new members of the Republican conference, giving him a three-seat majority ahead of a crucial budget fight in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) and Randy Fine (R-FL) became the latest members of the House just one day after their victories in Florida&rsquo;s special elections to fill the seats of former Rep. Matt Gaetz and now-National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3368016\/house-democrats-investigating-rfk-jr-bird-flu-response\/\">House Democrats investigating RFK Jr. over &#8216;reckless&#8217; bird flu response<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3368050\/republicans-celebrate-decline-in-border-arrests-under-trump\/\">Republicans celebrate decline in border arrests under Trump: &#8216;Ecstatic&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3367981\/democrats-threaten-sue-greg-abbott-delaying-texas-special-election\/\">Democrats threaten to sue Abbott for delaying Texas special election: &#8216;Don&rsquo;t be a wuss&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Speaker, with the Republican majority here in Congress, President Trump and the White House, we&rsquo;ve got the opportunity of a lifetime to fix this country so our children grow up in a nation that&rsquo;s safe and full of opportunities,&rdquo; Patronis said after being sworn in by Johnson. &ldquo;So, I&rsquo;m ready to get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-rep-reed-considering-gubernatorial-run-to-challenge-gov-cuomo\/\" title=\"N.Y. .... Reed considering gubernatorial run to challenge Gov. Cuomo\">fiscal house<\/a> in order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2081191\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He continued, &ldquo;For far too long, Americans have sent their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">hard-earned tax dollars<\/a> to Washington without really feeling they&rsquo;re getting anything for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Patronis won in Florida&rsquo;s 1st District with 56.7% of the vote compared to Democrat Gay Valimont&rsquo;s 42.3%, with 95% of ballots counted as of Wednesday evening. Fine, whose race gave Republicans some heartburn ahead of Election Day, won in the 6th District with 56.7% to Democrat Joshua Weil&rsquo;s 42.7%, with 95% of ballots counted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans faced a dwindling majority after Gaetz and Waltz resigned from the House, making Johnson&rsquo;s job more difficult as he has worked to advance President Donald Trump&rsquo;s agenda. The GOP conference will now hold a 220-213 majority, with two Democratic vacancies due to the deaths of Reps. Sylvester Turner (D-TX) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ).<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about Republicans&rsquo; thin margins contributed to Trump pulling Rep. Elise Stefanik&rsquo;s (R-NY) nomination to serve as his U.N. ambassador. Trump has not yet named who will take that mantle instead.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in of Patronis and Fine comes as Republicans are trying to pass a massive spending bill using a budget process known as reconciliation. Johnson has set an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3276732\/johnson-timeline-pass-budget-reconciliation-bill-trump-agenda\/\">ambitious goal<\/a> of sending the legislation to Trump&rsquo;s desk by Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans released their blueprint on Wednesday, meaning the House could take up the measure as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&rsquo;s narrow margins also contributed to a procedural step failing on the House floor on Tuesday, leading Republicans to cancel votes for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Nine Republicans joined Democrats in blocking a measure that would allow proxy voting for new parents over the objections of Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2081191\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2081191\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Johnson strengthens majority with two new Florida Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2419140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MixCollage-28-Jan-2025-08-22-PM-4145-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52727,34218,13087,32076],"class_list":["post-2419139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-florida-republicans","tag-mike-johnson","tag-swearing-in","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MixCollage-28-Jan-2025-08-22-PM-4145-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419139","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419147,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419139\/revisions\/2419147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}