House Speaker Mike Johnson survives vote over ouster

Speaker of the House Mike Johnsonspeaks to members of the press at the US Capitol on Wednesday, May 8. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesHouse Speaker Mike Johnson looked forward after a vote to keep his job on Wednesday and stressed that the country needs a “functioning Congress.” He called the motion to vacate him from his position a distraction and stressed that he would keep fighting to pass issues important to the conservative agenda.“Hopefully this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress,” the Louisiana…