Johnson, Mike (1972- )

• Democrats Aim to Spotlight Republican Efforts to Rewrite the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot - On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trump’s clemency for the rioters and G.O.P. attempts to sanitize the event.
• Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her. - The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.
• Once Again, Health Care Proves to Be a Bitter Political Pill for G.O.P. - The inability to find a credible counter to the Affordable Care Act has long bedeviled Republicans and cost them at the polls. It’s threatening to do so again next year.
• Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on ACA Subsidies - After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats’ bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.
• House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela - The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.
• Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes - The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
• Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future - A small group of G.O.P. women have been among the most vocal in raising what their colleagues say is a broader frustration with the speaker.
• Johnson and Trump Try to Avoid an Upset House Loss in Tennessee - Speaker Mike Johnson put the president on speakerphone during a Monday stop in the state, underscoring the unusual amount of national attention on a House special election.