PASSING OF THE GAVEL Once a speaker candidate won a majority of the vote, the clerk will announce the results of the election. A bipartisan committee, usually consisting of members from the home state of the chosen candidate, will then escort the speaker-elect to th...
largely by sharing their personal experiences. Kicking off the first night of the convention, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison, who are both Black, spoke to the topic. "This
Those people are usually not decided until after the number of delegates is allocated within each party. While some delegates are directly elected in primaries, most are selected well after, at congressional district and statewide caucus conventions or by party committees. Michigan was where the p...
When a new president is elected, the incoming administration often engages in an intense review of its predecessor’s policy actions, particularly when there has been a shift in party control. This process typically begins during the presidential transition, long before Inauguration Day. Claimin...
Living in anage when modern people have never attached more importance to entertainment,many teenagers are so keen on star chasing that they may imitate their idols'way of thinking and style of dressing. What's more, they may also spare noefforts to meet their idols in person, even at grea...
Others are far less sanguine. “My fear is that children and the public will be harmed by an assault on science,” says Sean O’Leary, chair of the committee on infectious diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics. If vaccination rates decline, “We will see more measles, more pertus...
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer speaks during a news conference.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) But it wasn’t until 2023 that whistleblowers from the IRS, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, brought allegations of politicization in the federal probe of Hunter Biden to ...
elected in May 2022. She announced her candidacy at the Stockbridge Democratic Town Committee caucus last Saturday. Also competing in the Democratic primary on Sept. 3 are Leigh Davis, vice chair of the Great Barrington Select Board and Patrick White, member and a previous chairman of the ...
Evan Power, the chair of the Republican Party of Florida, did not respond to a request for comment about the Democratic ads. DeSantis and Republicans contend that Amendment 4 goes too far and urged their supporters to vote the measure down. The governor’s administration ...
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