The Speaker of the House, currently Mike Johnson (R., Louisiana), is one of the most powerful elected positions in the federal government, the only position in Congress named in the Constitution, the second in line to the presidency after the vice president, and the point person for the legislative branch’s fundamental role in originating and Read more
Congress
Our Legislators Try to Avoid Shutdown by Taking the CR, Then Making Two Steps to Stay Off the Omnibus
Though Congress appeared headed for another government shutdown soap opera when the then-current continuing resolution (CR) expired on Nov. 17, we have avoided a closure. The proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) for a “clean” (no cuts, no amendments) two-part CR passed through Congress on a bipartisan basis and was signed into law by Read more