From eighth grade civics through college government courses to nearly three decades each of working in the House and then the think tank world, I mistakenly believed that speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives could only vote to break a tie. My longstanding misunderstanding was shattered last month when, on April 12, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) voted to make, not break, a tie, thereby defeating a major amendment offered to the FISA authorization, 212-212 (tie votes defeat a measure or amendment). That development prompted me to look at other roll call votes in recent times. I was startled to discover that Speaker Johnson is a frequent voter. For instance, of the 88 roll call
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