The vote by the full House was originally scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday but has been postponed. Here are the Republicans who say they will not vote for Scalise: Rep. Lauren Boebertof Colorado tweeted, "I will be voting for Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House on the...
Vote for House Speaker Ends in MuddleKim Bell and Terry Ganey Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau
House Republicans gather for leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday nominated party leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker in a vo...
Eleven members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus wrote a letter to their Republican House colleagues explaining that they have reservations about Johnson despite backing him for speaker. The group outlined a list of demands that they urged Johnson to address. The members — Reps. Chip Roy,...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, fresh off of a days-long speakership battle, faces his first test on Monday evening as the chamber prepares to vote on a rules package to jump start the new Congress. The package sets the rules for how the chamber will operate in...
US House Poised to Vote on Urgently Needed Debt Ceiling Suspension More Reuters FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., after the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in ...
vote for McCarthy in January but against Jordan in October (26 or so members voted for both McCarthy and Jordan; the HFC does not publicize its membership list). Unusual among Republicans in his ideological vicinity, Buckopposed promoting an election denier to the speakership, as Jordan v...
"The House needs a speaker as soon as possible. Expect another round of votes today. It's time for Republicans to come together," Dye said. The House remains in recess following the first ballot. By Nikole Killion https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates/#post...
Jordan has already lost more than a dozen Republicans, adding new additions to the initial list of defectors. He can only afford to lose four Republicans. Republican defectors are becoming more free with their nominations, with Rep. Mike Kelly offering a vote for former Speaker of the House Jo...
For McCarthy, 57, winning Friday night’s vote marks the end of a near decade-long quest to become speaker. The Californian was next-in line to assume the post in 2015 when the Freedom Caucus successfully ousted then-speaker John Boehner. But McCarthy withdrew his candidacy at the last mo...