Norman had just voted against Mike Johnson when Nancy Mace handed him the phone and said that Trump wanted to speak with him.

Republican Mike Johnson got to keep his job as House speaker thanks to two representatives who changed their votes after originally voting against him. One of those men was Congressman Ralph Norman, South Carolina’s 5th district representative.

Rep. Ralph Norman, a Republican who switched his vote to Johnson after initially opposing him, said the president-elect’s argument was simple: “Mike’s the only one who can be elected.”

The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.

Some Republicans hope that will encourage California to make changes to how they prepare for wildfires. “This is not politics. We need sound public policy,” Johnson said. Republicans, like South Carolina’s Ralph Norman, blame leaders in the state for a lack of water.

Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re-up his term as speaker to start the 119th Congress. While Johnson was officially reelected on the first ballot,

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La ... It’s just a matter of what we can get passed and get in,” said Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), a Freedom Caucus member.

Mike Johnson. It is the third GOP defection from the incumbent speaker. Johnson at risk of falling short on first ballot With Reps. Thomas Massie and Ralph Norman both voting for candidates that are not Johnson, the Louisiana Republican is now at risk of ...

Last week, Musk voiced his support for Robinson, a far-right, Islamaphobic activist who founded the British National Party and has been imprisoned for contempt of court, related to his repeated racially charged libel of a 15-year-old Syrian boy through social media posts.

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’

Even as the GOP takes unified control of the House, Senate and White House on Monday, congressional leaders are facing doubts about just how quickly they will be able to deliver major wins for Donald Trump.

Massie, the lone Republican to vote against Johnson’s speakership bid Jan. 3, revealed in December that he had offered to step down from the panel.