Mike Johnson wins his toughest battle yet – and shows he’s here to stay - ANALYSIS: The House speaker proves that no one can do it like him, writes John Bowden

House Republicans' internal negotiations on the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" went south Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, with GOP hardliners publicly digging in their heels against the legislation.

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package at risk of stalling, House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservative Republican holdouts are heading Wednesday to the White House for the last-ditch talks to salvage the “big, beautiful bill.”

Speaker Mike Johnson is declaring “victory” after House Republicans pushed President Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts bill through committee in a late Sunday night vote, in what one Democrat called a “bonanza for billionaires.

House Speaker Mike Johnson claims the margin by which the “big, beautiful bill” passed was actually higher – if Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) didn’t “fall a sleep” during the vote. The remarks were made at the tail end of a House Republican press conference after the spending bill passed Thursday morning.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said he would bring President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill for a vote as soon as Wednesday night, in a sign that he may have quelled objections from fellow Republicans who have imperiled its passage.