The House adjourned until Wednesday at noon, indicating no votes will take place Tuesday night on any pending speaker nominations. The action comes as Republicans are gathered to hear from their latest batch of five speaker contenders after Rep. Tom Emme
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The final round came down to Johnson and Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida. Although Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was not in the running, he received more votes than Donalds in the final round. Johnson won 128 votes, and Donalds received 29 votes, and there was a vote of "present." ...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.
Massie predicted to reporters that "the motion will get called, and then he's gonna lose more votes than Kevin McCarthy," referencing the former speaker who was ousted from his post in October. The move came after Johnson unveiled a plan Monday to push forward with four bills to address...
TOKYO, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's lower house of parliament on Thursday shot down a no-confidence motion put forward by the main opposition party against scandal-plagued house speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda. The ruling coalition, which controls the more powerful lower house of Japan's bicameral parlia...
The House has been without a speaker since Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker just over two weeks ago. Rep. Jim Jordan has so far failed to secure enough votes on the House floor to win the speakership.
New speaker: Rep. Mike Johnson secured the speaker’s gavel without losing any GOP votes Wednesday after weeks of party infighting left the House in chaos. The Louisiana lawmaker has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed ...