Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is backing the GOP's Laken Riley Act, joining two other Democrats who have pledged to support it during a floor vote on Friday.
That very public display of disjointed political theater had a long intermission, as nine of Johnson's Republican colleagues had to be cajoled into voting for him. That number nine will be ...
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A speaker is elected when a majority of House members vote for the same person. On Friday, that will be a threshold of 218 votes. Republicans will have 219 members and Democrats will have 215.