U.S. House Speaker Johnson tries to patch things up between Trump and Congress
House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson met President Donald Trump on Thursday (June 25, 2026) in hopes of defusing a standoff with Congress over a stalled package of national voting restrictions that the president views as his top legislative priority.A day after a contentious closed-door meeting between Mr. Trump and Senate Republicans, hardline Trump allies led by U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna effectively shut down the House floor until the Senate passes a voter ID bill, known as the SAVE America Act, which the Senate has tried and failed to pass five times since March.
- ▪House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson met President Donald Trump on Thursday (June 25, 2026) in hopes of defusing a standoff with Congress over a stalled package of national voting restrictions that the president views as his top l
- ▪Trump and Senate Republicans, hardline Trump allies led by U.S.
- ▪Representative Anna Paulina Luna effectively shut down the House floor until the Senate passes a voter ID bill, known as the SAVE America Act, which the Senate has tried and failed to pass five times since March.
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U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson met President Donald Trump on Thursday (June 25, 2026) in hopes of defusing a standoff with Congress over a stalled package of national voting restrictions that the president views as his top legislative priority.A day after a contentious closed-door meeting between Mr. Trump and Senate Republicans, hardline Trump allies led by U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna effectively shut down the House floor until the Senate passes a voter ID bill, known as the SAVE America Act, which the Senate has tried and failed to pass five times since March. U.S.
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