Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democratic representative from Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–87) and as speaker of the House (1977–86). He was a tireless advocate for social causes, and he f
The House of Representatives elects its speaker Tuesday, and winning will require 218 votes, if all members are present and voting. Republicans will have a 246-vote majority tomorrow, so if all the GOP members vote, they can afford to lose around 25-26. Current Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohi...
The Republican speaker has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens of billions in wartime funding for Ukraine, as well as Israel, once the House returns in April. Yet it will be perhaps his most difficult task since he took the speaker’s gavel late last year. ...
The House is now voting to pass a resolution in support of Israel in the war against Hamas – the first measure to come to the floor to be passed after Speaker Mike Johnson was elected this morning following three weeks of a speakerless-House. This is expected to pass with overwhelming...
Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Tuesday on the first ballot, as holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the majority needed to seize the gavel.
Mike Johnson is an American lawyer and Republican politician who became the Speaker of the House of Representatives in October 2023.
Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, who voted for Majority Leader Steve Scalise on each of the three ballots during House voting last week, said he plans to back Johnson when the lower chamber convenes to elect a new speaker. "Mike Johnson and I both represent two of the poorest districts in ...
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) vowed to “vet him very, very closely,” but has not indicated which way she is voting or leaning. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), leaning no, said: “I’m not going to really take any kind of advice [from] a dude that chainsaw...
After two rounds of voting, Mike Johnson has the most votes in the House GOP's latest attempt to nominate a speaker, though he’s still short the majority he needs to become the conference nominee. Three candidates are now out of the running: Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.) and Rep. Rog...
House speaker crisis is a symptom of historic Republican divisions To put that in perspective, take a look atfailed speaker hopefulJim Jordan. The Ohio congressman’s voting record is more conservative than 91% of other House Republicans. Unlike Johnson, Jordan really is out of the mainstream no...