Posted on May 4, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson could look to another GOP speaker who took on rebels in his own party
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Cannon’s control was so notoriously ironclad that he was referred to as “Czar” Cannon. In his 1964 book “Mr. Speaker: Four men who shaped the United States House of Representatives,” biographer Booth Mooney tells of a constituent who asked his representative for a copy of the House rules, only to receive a photograph of Cannon in return.
Speaker Mike Johnson could look to another GOP speaker who took on rebels in his own party
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American HistoryU.S. House of Representatives
American HistoryU.S. House of Representatives
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Then Cannon put the Republican rebels to the test. He said he welcomed a vote to boot him from office. A Democrat followed through and called for such a vote.
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