A year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate. - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : He insisted he and Trump are "on the same page" on the strategy and have spoken "at great length" about the situation.
44% : "There's no daylight between us," Johnson said of Trump.
40% : He cleaned out the speaker's staff at the Capitol, moved in his own team -- and closely aligned himself with Trump, throwing his support behind the indicted former president's bid to retake the White House.
36% : Massie said he thinks "the only way Mike Johnson gets reelected speaker is he gets a lifeline from Trump, should Trump win the White House.
33% : One key difference between the situation McCarthy faced and this week's vote is that last year Congress was also considering funding to help Ukraine buy weapons as it battles the Russian invasion, something Trump and the hard-right flank did not support, and it was eventually dropped from the final bill.
28% : Johnson described the temporary government funding bill, which will keep operations going until Dec. 20, as bare bones, with no add-ons -- except for $231 million for the U.S. Service in the aftermath of the two assassination attempts on Trump this election season.
19% : Trump urged the House Republicans to take a hardline approach.

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