After roughly two and a half hours, the GOP House speaker candidate forum has wrapped. Members heard from the eight Republicans vying for the gavel. Republicans are expected to hold a secret-ballot election Tuesday to select a nominee. Some members expressed optimism there could be a new Ho...
But there are no independents in the House. There are Democrats and Republicans. And it’s in this political universe where someone like Johnson could have attained the House speakership. He’s simply emblematic of today’s GOP.
The most significant role in the House of Representatives is that of speaker of the House. This individual, who is chosen by the majority party, presides over debate, appoints members of select and conference committees, and performs other important duties; speakers are second in the line of ...
On Wednesday morning, House Republicans will hold a secret-ballot election to choose their nominee. That’s expected at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Next up will be the House floor vote for speaker. It’s unclear exactly when that will happen, although it could be as soon as ...
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted former President Donald Trump would win the presidency if the 2024 election was held today at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum on Wednesday. McCarthy addressed a packed room for the event, which was moderated by former Harvard Kennedy School Dean...
House Speaker Mike Johnson discusses the upcoming election as Republicans aim to grow the House majority, Democrats' 'dangerous' rhetoric, the impact of the border crisis, media coverage of the election and China's aggression. Facebook Twitter ...
BEIRUT, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced on Thursday that he has called on the parliament to convene an electoral session to elect a president for the country. "I had vowed to myself that immediately after the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, I wi...
In such divisive times, when the Presidential Administration and the House are controlled by differing parties, it has become a rite of passage for the speaker to engage in a path of confrontation against the White House. The usual aim is to coerce them into making politically humiliating conces...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans in Congress may launch an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven allegations of financial wrongdoing.
SPEAKER JOHNSON: President Biden was certified as the winner of the election, he took the oath of office, he's been the president for three years. What the argument that we presented to the court, which is our only avenue to do so, was that the Constitution was...