Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation — but did not offer any specifics.
Washington — The House on Tuesday voted 216 to 210 to remove California Republican Kevin McCarthy from his position as House speaker, a historic move that comes days after he reached an 11th-hour deal to avert a government shutdown with the help of House Democrats. The ouster came after ...
So regardless of how the speaker vote comes out today, the Republicans are going to have a hell of a time passing any legislation. Unless the Democrats completely lose their minds (which is possible), they are not going to help them so the Republicans are on their own. Con...
Speaker Mike Johnson is asking his House GOP conference to back him for a second term, even before the House majority has been officially called. Johnson, leaning on a football metaphor, says he is “ready to take the field with all of you" in a Dear Coll...
The decision is up to Speaker Mike Johnson. Jordain Carney 12/11/2024, 1:35pm ET Rep. Chip Roy is making a bid to lead the House Rules Committee next year, which would give him and the chamber’s right flank an influential perch for shaping legislation. ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was for years known primarily for rising from political obscurity in rural Illinois to spending eight years in the nation’s third-highest office. Then came a federal indictment in a hush-money case centered on sex abuse allegations...
The House is now without a permanent speaker, after Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz's motion tovacate the speaker's chairproved successful in a historic vote on Tuesday,removingCalifornia Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the role. Why did Gaetz want to remove McCarthy as Speaker of the House?
After what happened last night, I dare say that we might have to start all over again. We are not safe. We will have a president, a Congress, a House speaker who are vehemently opposed to us. And a Supreme Court that is gunning for us. We are less than them. We are evil to th...
After being vetoed by President Truman, the House voted 278-113 and the Senate 57-26 to override the veto and pass the McCarran-Walter Act in June of this year. The act was an immigration law aimed to prevent communist subversion, but was seen as xenophobic and discriminatory by its oppon...
The bill is expected be voted on in the House on Wednesday evening. The number of votes needed to pass the legislation, if all members are present, is 218. Currently, Republicans hold the House 222-213 and, theoretically, some Democrats would be needed if there are more than four conserv...