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Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), a fourth-term conservative who is currently the vice chairman of the House GOP conference, has the Speaker's gavel within reach and seems to be on the brink of ascending into the presidential line of succession on Wednesday afternoon.
Mike Lee and Mitt Romney had different reactions to the news Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was poised to take over as House speaker. Johnson won the support of all Republicans present in the chamber in a 220-209 vote on the House floor Wednesday. Lee immediately celebrated Johnson’s win after the House approved his nomination to the role.
And President Joe Biden's statements of support for Israel did little to quell the violence across the region.
