U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport was backed by President-elect Trump to retain the top job in Congress.

House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities

Flags at the Capitol will return to half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter's mourning period after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Johnson, a Republican from north Louisiana, is pushing a single bill using a parliamentary maneuver called “budget reconciliation,” challenging the two-bill strategy pursued by a pair of Senate Republicans, Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had vowed to raise flags at the United States Capitol building to full staff for Donald Trump's inauguration. However, the Wall Street Journal's Olivia Beavers brings word that this plan has hit a bit of a snag as "the cords are frozen" on the flagpoles due to cold temperatures,