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CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) “ideology is very far to the right.”

Mike Johnson said there are no coincidences in life, acknowledging that providence played a key role in his speakership victory.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Wednesday congratulated newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and urged Republicans to “unite” behind him moving forward.

House Republican lawmakers and conservatives roundly celebrated Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) unanimous election to House Speaker on Wednesday after 22 days of vacancy. 

Rep. Mike Johnson is the 56th Speaker of the House, ending a long Republican nightmare as several more potentially loom.

Famed Christian evangelist Franklin Graham is the latest to weigh in on the contentious speakership battle in the U.S. House of Representatives, openly throwing his support behind Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), who won the Republican nomination for speaker Tuesday.

Fox News Anchor Harris Faulkner said Tuesday on “Outnumbered” that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) could count votes well while discussing House Republican’s attempts to elect a speaker.

Donald Trump said on Tuesday it would be a “tragic mistake” to vote for a “Globalist RINO” like Tom Emmer (R-MN) for House Speaker.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the latest House Republican Speaker nomination Tuesday on the fifth ballot by a 117-97 vote.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is by far the most popular Speaker candidate among Republicans, the latest survey from the Economist/YouGov found.

House Republicans Tuesday begin voting on their next Speaker nomination in a new phase of the process which features eight candidates for the gavel.

Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) opposed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for Speaker to teach him a lesson and hold him accountable for his character flaws, he told the Mark Kaye Show after voting against Jordan on the House floor for the third time.

Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) said Monday on CNN “NewsNight” it was “very possible” that House Republicans will have a final vote for a speaker by tomorrow night.

Representative James Comer (R-KY) said Monday on Fox Business Channel’s “Kudlow” that he was “ashamed” that House Republicans have not elected a speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed from the position three weeks ago.

An omnibus spending bill is becoming more and more likely as the House of Representatives finds itself in its third consecutive week without a Speaker, with September’s stopgap funding bill set to expire on November 17, according to House Republicans.

Sixty-seven percent of voters want House Republicans to coalesce behind a candidate so the House can quickly elect a Speaker.

House Republicans will remain in Washington until they elect a Speaker if the Freedom Caucus gets its way.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Republican “chaos” over choosing a speaker was “embarrassing.”

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that he thought House Republican’s difficulties in finding a Speaker of the House were “embarrassing” and “dangerous.”

Former Rep.Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that she believed Republicans accept white supremacists and violence because the leadership of former President Donald Trump.

Representative Steve Womack (R-AK) said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that while attempting to choose a House Speaker, his Republican colleagues were “peeing on the electric fence.”

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) will not receive the votes to become Speaker of the House, Breitbart News has learned.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is no longer the House Republican nominee for Speaker.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Friday on CNN’s “New Central” that Republicans were in a “very bad place” after Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid for the speakership failed a third time.

Twenty-five “Republicans” on Friday voted against Republican Speaker nominee House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Former Speaker McCarthy nominated Speaker-Designate Jim Jordan for the speaker’s gavel Friday, emphasizing he is an “effective legislator.”

The House of Representatives will meet again Friday morning for another round of voting for a new Speaker of the House.

Elise Stefanik renewed her support for Speaker-designate Jim Jordan while “strongly” opposing Patrick McHenry as acting Speaker.

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that she did not support the Republican plan for a temporary House speaker adding the conference was “absolutely broken.”

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that the Republican Party could not grant Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) more power as a temporary speaker without officially electing him speaker.

House Republican lawmakers said they received credible death threats after voting against Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for Speaker of the House.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Wednesday on her show “Deadline” that Republican lawmakers against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) becoming speaker were using “‘strategic humiliation.”

Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) should withdraw from the speaker race because he will not get the votes.

Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) voted in the 2022 elections using an address that suggested he sold his house long before going to the polls.

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) on Wednesday voted for ousted former Speaker and current marijuana lobbyist John Boehner (R-OH) for House Speaker.

Twenty-two House Republicans on Wednesday declined to vote to make Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) the next Speaker of the House.