News about Mike Johnson

He has served as a deputy whip for House Republicans, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, and as a member of the Armed Services Committee. From 2019 to 2021, Johnson chaired the Republican Study Committee. Johnson served as vice chair of the House Republican Conference from 2021 to 2023.

The vote on passage of the Ukraine funding was 311-112.

Johnson, a self-described “wartime speaker,” walked into a meeting with center-right Republicans who showed him overwhelming support, giving him multiple standing ovations. “I think he needed it,” a GOP lawmaker in the closed-door meeting told CNN. “He certainly said that.”