Congressman Mike Johnson, a member of Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana, has been elected House speaker, meaning he is second in the line of succession if President Joe Biden should be unable to serve. Johnson garnered 220 Republican votes in favor versus 209 Democrat votes against in the Oct. 25 House vote. Subsequently, he was elected vice chairman of the House Republican Conference in 2021 and 2022. VOTERep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican representing New York, nominated Johnson, Oct. 25, “as speaker of the people’s House” amid shouts of “Mike, Mike, Mike.”She quoted from 1 Samuel 16:7 and Galatians 6:9 before closing with “May God bless our next speaker, Mike Johnson. May God bless the United States of America.”After a counter nomination of Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), by Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), the House elected Johnson as speaker along party lines.

Source: Fox News October 25, 2023 18:45 UTC