New House Speaker Mike Johnson has a full plate ahead of him as he steps behind the gavel with government funding, the war in Israel and the border crisis looming.
The House of Representatives has a new speaker in Mike Johnson, R-La., and he already has a full plate. Johnson is taking the reins from interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., who took up the speaker pro tempore position after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster weeks ago. The new speaker, though, is inheriting a packed docket that includes a looming government funding deadline.
The war in Israel has been a backdrop for the House's speaker fight, and action will be taken now that the chamber has a leader. With Americans being taken hostage and the potential of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists entering America at the southern border, the House is under pressure to make a move. Johnson's first bill as speaker was a House resolution of support for Israel.
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