- The new Speaker aims to complete the appropriations process in the next 23 days, which will test his ability to maintain the fragile unity of House Republicans.
- He is a policy-oriented constitutionalist considered by his peers as a principled conservative.
Washington DC, Oct. 25 (DP.net).– Mike Johnson is a four-term conservative who represents Louisiana's fourth congressional district, which includes nearly 760,000 residents. Johnson won the congressional seat with the largest margin of victory in his region in more than 50 years. He previously served in the Louisiana Legislature from February 2015 to January 2017.
With two decades of previous experience in Constitutional law, he serves on the House Judiciary Committee and on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
Johnson is widely viewed as a policy-oriented and principled conservative. He is a vocal opponent of gay marriage and a supporter of bans on abortion. He typically votes in line with his Republican colleagues and has a 92% rating from the American Conservative Union and 90% from Heritage Action.
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