President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should put an end to any debate over his hold on the Republican conference, several party members said Wednesday.

Johnson was poised to win another term as speaker in the upcoming 119th Congress that begins in January, receiving the nomination of his fellow party members in an uncontested voice vote as House Republicans huddled at a hotel just off Capitol Hill.

Because Republicans have won the majority of the House’s 435 seats, their nominee will become the speaker in January. But unlike the current Congress, where former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had to go to 15 votes to woo reluctant Republicans to vote for him before being unceremoniously booted from the job 10 months later, Johnson’s prospects look much brighter.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) told HuffPost that Trump made it clear in his appearance before the conference Wednesday morning he considered Johnson “my guy.”

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