Reports that US House Speaker Newt Gingrich was named first place in voting for the 1995 Doublespeak Award from the NCTE Committee on Public Doublespeak. Citing of Gingrich for his book 'To Renew America'; Senator Robert Dole as second placer; Marilyn Schwartz as third placer.Bianchini...
Support for McCarthy dwindled over the first three days of voting from 203 votes on Tuesday to 200 by the 11th vote on Thursday, falling far short of the number needed to win the speakership. He needed support from more than half of the lawmakers who cast their ballots. With 222 Republi...
If elected speaker, McCarthy has pledged to reopen the U.S. Capitol building and end proxy voting, which was approved by Democrats during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow absent lawmakers to have another member cast votes for them. He also vowed to entrust House committees with drafting and ...
Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 in Arlington, the United States, shows a screen displaying the U.S. House of Representatives voting on a motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) ...
Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, who backed Scalise on the two ballots for speaker,sent a letterto McHenry requesting the House "return immediately" for a third round of voting. The House has been in recess since earlier Wednesday, when Jordan failed to secure the necessary votes to win the gavel...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine for over a month.
Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 in Arlington, the United States, shows a screen displaying the U.S. House of Representatives voting on a motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday ...
Then, on the 15th try, the anti-McCarthy bloc yielded together, with six members voting “present” instead of in opposition, lowering the win threshold, and allowing McCarthy to squeak through with bare majority of 216 votes. The opposition to McCarthy’s speakership was centered in thefar...
How voting works:Since McCarthy did not get the 218 votes needed to win a majority, the House keeps voting until someone wins the majority. They voted three times Tuesday and then decided to adjourn until noon on Wednesday. The Housedoes not kick off the new Congressuntil a speaker is ele...
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker after multiple days of negotiations and 15 rounds of voting. His election followed a chaotic night on the House floor, including an extraordinary confrontation between McCarthy and Rep. Matt Gaetz during the 14th round of voting. This was the lon...