Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who is elected by the majority party to lead the House. The individual in this office is second in line of presidential succession, following the vice president.
Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives after a grueling series of failed ballots.
The House of Representatives recorded a 15th vote for speaker that began near midnight, the latest twist in an evening that has seen GOP leader Kevin McCarthy fail by one vote to be elected on his 14th try, and then approve, before rejecting, a motion to adjourn for the weekend. The adj...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/speaker-of-house-vote-live-updates-10-19-2023/#post-update-9131c92e link copied 9:24 AM / October 19, 2023 Jordan indicates votes will happen Thursday afternoon Jordan told CBS News there will be a vote Thursday afternoon, and indicated there will like...
After Jordan lost the vote, McCarthy and other key Republicans huddled on the House floor. By Kathryn Watson https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates/#post-update-19cf50a4 link copied 2:00 PM / October 17, 2023 ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Lower House Speaker Rodrigo Maia said Tuesday that he will not vote on a bill to allow mining and power plants in indigenous lands in the near future. Proposed by the Brazilian government earlier this month, the bill will allow mining activiti...
A vote for the bill would represent an unusual break with the former president by House Republicans, but Speaker Mike Johnson and others have already forcefully come out in favor of the bill, and dropping it now would represent a significant reversal. “It’s an important bipartisan measure ...
It's not clear when the next vote will take place, as House Republicans continue to deliberate. By Nikole Killion https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-10-18-2023/#post-update-d4efc640 link copied 2:26 PM / October 18, 2023 ...
Washington— House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he wouldn't back a change to the rule that allows a single member to force a vote on whether to oust the speaker, even though he said the threshold "has harmed this office" and the Republican majority. ...