Conservatives: No One Has the Votes for House Speaker. YetConservatives emerged from a late Tuesday night gathering inwhich they questioned a trio of...Ferrechio, Susan
After Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry declared "a speaker has not been elected," he called the House into recess for an indefinite period. House Republicans are expected to huddle tohash out what they'll do next. It's unclear whether they will take more votes this afternoon, or begin s...
He also suggested that given the sliver of a majority Johnson has as speaker, House Democrats are enormously powerful. "Even though we're in the minority, we effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority because we continue to provide a majority of the votes necessary to get...
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...
Who votes for the Speaker of the House?Question:Who votes for the Speaker of the House?Congress:The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the head of the House of Representatives. He or she is third in line to the office of the president.Answer...
trigger a new vote for McCarthy to be stripped of his gavel. McCarthy also promised floor votes on key issues, including term limits for House members. The new speaker is also said to have committed that there will be no “clean” vote to raise the federal debt ceiling later this year....
The National Assembly is likely to elect the country's next prime minister on Sunday. The PML-N's President Shahbaz Sharif has appeared as a strong candidate for the position after Sadiq became the speaker of the house with the support of an alliance of the PML-N, Pakistan Peoples Party ...
"I'm proud to be the nominee of the House Democratic caucus once again for speaker of the House," she told reporters. Out of 239 votes cast, 203 Democratic members voted in favor of Pelosi being the speaker, with 32 voting against. Three votes were blank and one member was absent. ...
Abby Phillip: A better rules package may need to be introduced to move votes for speakership With the House adjourning for the day without selecting a speaker, Republicans and Rep. Kevin McCarthy have a lot of things to consider, CNN’s Abby Phillip and Dana Bash said. ...
After days of deadlock and major concessions, McCarthy secured enough votes to be speaker in the 15th round of voting early Saturday morning. The other members of Congress were also sworn-in, clearing the path for a vote on the House Rules package. CNN previously reported that the vote ...