Here’s how the process works, and who’s running. Photo: samuel corum/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images House lawmakers are returning to Washington Monday with a key task at hand: electing a new speaker. Choosing a new speaker of the House of Representatives, which is e...
graduated fromBoston Collegein 1936, the same year he won election to the Massachusetts state House of Representatives, where he served until 1952. In 1953 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated byJohn F. Kennedyafter Kennedy was elected to the U.S....
The Speaker of the House is designated by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution as the highest-ranking member of the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House is second in the line of presidential succession, after the Vice President. The election for Speaker of the House...
Johnson prevailed after a chaotic process that saw three other GOP nominees fail to unite the party and secure a majority. He won 220 to 209 in the House vote on Wednesday with unanimous support among Republicans, who enjoy a slim majority in the chamber. A member of Congress since 2017, ...
A House reading clerk announced immediately after the vote that Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina was the first name on McCarthy's list and therefore was appointed speaker pro tempore. "Pending such election, the member acting as speaker pro tempore may exercise such authorities of the ...
politicians in Congress. Although he considered retirement after theRepublican Partywon control of Congress in 1918, he ran for reelection in part to stress his opposition to theKu Klux Klan. After serving successively as Democratic whip and floor leader, he was electedspeaker of the House(1931)...
"Jill and I congratulate Kevin McCarthy on his election as Speaker of the House," said Biden. "I am prepared to work with Republicans when I can and voters made clear that they expect Republicans to be prepared to work with me as well," he added. ...
Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives after a grueling series of failed ballots.
Newly-elected U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.REUTERS Scott Pelley: Have you spoken to the president? Paul Ryan: Yeah, a number of times. Scott Pelley: Since you became speaker? Paul Ryan: Uh-huh (affirm). Scott Pelley: And the substance of those conversations has been ...
SPEAKER JOHNSON: We did look them in the eye. Many of these, I mean, from the top officials to the rank and file, and they all say the same thing. Please stop the flow. So if we send more money to process more illegals and disperse them throughout the cou...