The policy was left out of last week’s proposed package but Rep. Johnson quietly included the ban in the final rules.

Speaker Mike Johnson quietly gave Rep. Nancy Mace a victory in her quest to ban transgender women from using the ladies' bathrooms on Capitol Hill. In the Congressional Record published on Jan. 3, Johnson officially implemented a policy stating that “all single-sex facilities—such as restrooms,

Speaker Mike Johnson maintained a policy that will bar transgender people from using single-sex facilities that align with their gender identities in the House.

The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans include it in the government spending deal.

The speaker wants to raise the debt ceiling as part of one large budget reconciliation package. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a press conference Tuesday. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO Trying to raise the debt limit in a massive reconciliation bill could completely derail an already messy process.

House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to include one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities inside a colossal border and tax bill, a debt limit hike that will be hard to draw Republican support.