House Speaker Vote: John Boehner Wins Reelection after Tough Few Weeks (+Video)Rep. John Boehner won a second term as speaker of the House ofRepresentatives in the first order...By ChadkGail Russell
Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives after a grueling series of failed ballots.
Party leaders, such as the speaker of the House and the majority and minority leaders, play a central role in the operations of the institution. However, party discipline (i.e., the tendency of all members of a political party to vote in the same way) has not always been strong, owing...
Gimenez said, "What you've done now, you've cemented my position … I am not going to be voting for Jim Jordan to be speaker of the House."
Jordan told reporters that he does not expect the House to hold another vote for speaker on Wednesday. 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-...
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...
Rep. Keith Selfof Texassaid on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, that he would cast his vote for Jordan when the House convenes to elect a new speaker. Rep. Andrew Clydeof Georgia said in astatementthat the country is at a "critical inflection point" that requires House Republ...
Reps. Matt Gaetz and Nicole Malliotakis predicted the House would reconvene for a third speaker's vote on Thursday. "The bottom line is that there are 20 people against him. We need to figure out those 20 people, there's movement there, if there's the ability for them to be open to...
House takes 15th speaker vote after dramatic confrontation between McCarthy and Gaetz U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) looks at House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after Gaetz voted "present" in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.