Sam Leake, a grain farmer from Perry, predict that he will win the election today for Missouri House speaker in a squeaker, without a single vote to spare."I count 82 votes," the minimum needed, said Rep. Dick Franklin, D-Independence, who nominated Leake as the Democratic nominee. "...
Mike Johnson, who was elected House speaker, took the lead in filing a brief in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Biden’s 2020 election win.
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...
Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for re-election as House speaker05:00 Share this - Copied Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the Republican conference, delivered a speech on the House floor to nominate Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., for re-election as House speaker.Jan. 3, 2025Read...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct, responding to enormous GOP pressure to demonstrate support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In remar...
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...
How many votes are needed to win the election for House speaker? The magic number is usually 218, a simple majority of the 435 members in the House. In the 118th Congress, however, it's currently 217. This year, David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, resigned in June, and Chris ...
With opposition from his own GOP colleagues, Johnson arrived with outward confidence after working into the night to sway hard-lineholdouts. A flop by Johnson would have thrown Monday’s congressional certification of Trump’s2024 electionvictory into turmoil without a House speaker. Even backing ...
Mike Johnson addresses the House chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, after his election as speaker on October 25, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images CNN— Republicans’ long public nightmare came to an end this past week when Louisiana’sMike Johnsonbecame the 56th speaker of the House...
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.