WASHINGTON — Here’s how area members of Congress voted on major issues during the legislative week of Oct. 23-27. Readers can visit www.VoteFacts.com to research other top issues and individual voting records in the current 118th Congress and recent 117th Congress. House Mike Johnson Elected House speaker Republicans on Oct. 25 elected Mike Johnson, a four-term GOP representative from Louisiana as the 56th speaker of the House. Johnson, who aided Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, drew support from all 220 Republicans who voted. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was backed by all 209 Democrats […]