Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has yet another day to win over skeptical Home Republicans earlier than they vote on whether or not he retains the gavel.
Within the slender Home GOP majority, Johnson can solely afford to lose one vote, assuming all lawmakers are current and voting for a candidate — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has already vowed to oppose the Louisiana Republican.
Backed by Trump, Johnson is hoping to persuade members of his convention, most prominently Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), to again him and keep away from the messy Speakership struggle that stalled the Home for days in 2023.
On the similar time, Louisiana and the nation are reeling from a New 12 months’s assault in New Orleans that left no less than 15 lifeless and 30 injured. Some lawmakers had been being briefed Thursday morning, and regulation enforcement is ramping up safety in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
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