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MoveOn Statement on Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s Retirement

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WASHINGTON – In response to Speaker Emerita Pelosi’s announcement that she will not seek reelection, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has been a trailblazer in every sense—the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House and one of the most consequential legislative leaders in our nation’s history. Her steadfast commitment to protecting democracy, expanding opportunity, and advancing justice has improved the lives of millions of Americans. “Pelosi has been an unwavering champion and friend to MoveOn since our earliest…

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MoveOn Launches Billboard in Speaker Johnson’s District Blasting His Refusal to Release Epstein Files

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Bossier City, LA — Today, MoveOn Civic Action will unveil a billboard near Speaker Mike Johnson’s office in Bossier City, Louisiana, that will stay up for the next four weeks, calling him out for sending Congress home early rather than allowing a vote on releasing the Epstein files. The billboard is part of MoveOn’s broader accountability campaign targeting Republicans who are stonewalling efforts to make Epstein-related documents public. MoveOn members placed more than 2,500 calls to Republican House members this week, demanding they stay in D.C. and vote to release the Epstein…

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Speaker Johnson’s Next Big Test: Who to Choose as Rules Committee Chairman

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After narrowly escaping ouster as speaker of the House on Friday, Rep. Mike Johnson faces a decision that could determine his relationship with the hard-line conservative faction of the GOP that nearly took his job away—namely, who to appoint as chairman of the House Rules Committee. The House Committee on Rules is among the most important committees in any Congress, and it will be no different in the 119th session. As the last stop for a bill before it is considered on the floor, the committee largely determines what bills…

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Why Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump’s support

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again. The Louisiana Republican’s hold on the House speaker’s gavel and his position as second in line to the presidency will be tested Friday when a new Congress convenes and House Republicans weigh whether to reelect him to the post. The challenge, as always, is that Johnson will need almost every Republican vote to win. Johnson has a singular asset in his favor: President-elect Donald Trump endorsed him for speaker in a social media post at the start of…

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MoveOn Statement on Mike Johnson’s Election to Speaker of the House

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Washington, D.C. – Following a chaotic and disastrous nomination process in which multiple Republicans launched failing bids for the speakership, leaving the House without leadership for weeks as Americans face critical issues, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “It appears fourth time’s the charm for this dysfunctional Republican Party. Mike Johnson might seem like another anonymous Republican, but we know his extreme agenda all too well. He was the chief House architect of the effort to throw out the 2020 election. He wants to ban…

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The Jordan Dozen: 12 Vulnerable House Republicans Greenlight MAGA Extremist Jim Jordan as Speaker

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Washington, D.C. – Following the vote by a majority of Complicit Caucus members – 12 of the 18 House Republicans from swing districts Biden carried in 2020 – endorsing Representative Jim Jordan as speaker of the House, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “These swing district House Republicans are lining up behind a lawmaker who voted with the insurrectionists on January 6, ignored sexual assault allegations, cooked up a bogus impeachment scam, supports a national abortion ban, and hasn’t passed a single bill in 16…

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