Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives after a grueling series of failed ballots.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.
"Therefore, the Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress," McHenry, the interim speaker, announced after reading the final vote tally. By Caitlin Yilek https:...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
each time drawing condemnation from President Biden, a Democrat who has made his support for abortion rights central to his reelection campaign. The breakthrough came Wednesday when a second Republican joined all Democrats in voting to overrule the GOP House speaker, ...
But plans can change quickly in the House, and it's not yet clear when a vote might take place. The House gavels in at noon. By Kathryn Watson https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/speaker-of-house-vote-live-updates-10-19-2023/#post-update-7c0ecc2e ...
Inside House Speaker Mike Johnson’s conversion on aid for Ukraine Breakthrough move to hold vote followed campaign by evangelical Christians and intelligence chiefs April 21 2024 War in Ukraine US lawmakers approve aid to Ukraine and Israel after months of delay ...
We study private communication in social networks prior to a majority vote on two alternative policies. Some (or all) agents receive a private imperfect signal about which policy is correct. They can, but need not, recommend a policy to ... B Buechel,L Mechtenberg - 《Fses Working Papers...