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House Speaker Johnson Addresses Shutdown, Funding Talks in Sunday Interviews

House Speaker Mike Johnson said leaders aim to end the partial government shutdown by Tuesday as Congress advances FY26 funding talks.
Tampa Free Press on MSN

House Speaker Mike Johnson bets big on GOP unity as funding feud boils over

The halls of the Capitol hummed with a familiar tension Tuesday morning as House Speaker Mike Johnson took to the podium, radiating a level of confidence that seemed designed to drown out the noise of a fractured Congress.

What you should know about Republican NC House Speaker Destin Hall

Rep. Destin Hall has been North Carolina’s House speaker for a year. Here’s more on his rise in the legislature.
Fulton Sun

House speaker testifies about income tax plan

House Speaker Jon Patterson, R-Lee's Summit, presented the House Commerce Committee HJR 174 Tuesday morning. The other bill, HJR 173 sponsored by Rep. Bishop Davidson, R-Republic, was only briefly mentioned. The bills are the first part of Gov. Mike Kehoe's plan to eliminate the state income tax over the next five years.

Joanna McClinton has carefully wielded her power as Pa. House speaker. Now she’s speaking out for home care workers.

On a below-freezing day in January, Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton delivered food to a West Philly home just minutes from her district office and listened as Sheila Alexander discussed the patchwork of care she has created for herself.