The speaker spent months keeping flare-ups from growing into a conflagration even Donald Trump couldn’t extinguish.

An appearance by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at a meeting with Republican senators reportedly did little to sway some naysayers who have no interest in passing the latest budget bill once in makes its way to the Senate floor.

House Speaker Mike Johnson teased plans to bump up the timeline for implementing work requirements on Medicaid to help win over support from fiscal hawks on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that got shot down in committee on Friday.

The House approved legislation Thursday that would cut Medicaid spending by nearly $800 billion over the next 10 years, revising President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” in the final hour to move up the start date for Medicaid work requirements and prohibit Medicaid for gender-affirming care.

House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a victory lap in a speech Thursday in which he cheered President Donald Trump for his leadership. Meanwhile, the bill he's so excited about still must pass the Senate — and things aren't looking good.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), celebrated the passage of the legislation ... which clearly proves they want tax hikes on their constituents, open borders, and Medicaid for illegal immigrants,” he added. The reconciliation bill — which enshrines ...

The plan is to move forward as expected,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after meeting Republican holdouts at the White House.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning turned up the heat on the more than a dozen House Republican holdout votes endangering passage of the bill.