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Mike Johnson was confirmed in office with the narrowest majority after two parliamentary group colleagues changed their originally negative votes
Mike Johnson was confirmed in his position on Friday.
Washington – In a tremor, Republican Mike Johnson was confirmed as President of the US House of Representatives on Friday. Johnson prevailed in the constitutive session of the larger US parliamentary chamber with a razor-thin majority of 218 to 215 votes. The election at the first attempt was only successful because two Republicans subsequently corrected their originally negative votes.
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