Battle for House control intensifies as Democrats fight Trump …
3 days ago · Getty Images file. WASHINGTON — Republicans have reclaimed control of the White House and the Senate. Now all eyes are turning to the House of Representatives, which Democrats see as their last ...
Mike Johnson elected 56th speaker of the House, ending ... - NBC News
Oct 25, 2023 · WASHINGTON — House lawmakers on Wednesday elected little-known Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the 56th speaker of the House, capping more than three weeks of dysfunction and chaos on...
Conservative Mike Johnson elected new House Speaker - BBC
Oct 25, 2023 · Mike Johnson has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, ending weeks of chaos and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill. The conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in...
Congressional elections highlights: November 7, 2024 | AP News
2 days ago · Hoyle, a first-term congresswoman, defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran. Hoyle succeeded longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2022. The 4th District runs along the western portion of the state and includes Eugene. The Associated Press declared Hoyle the winner at 10:38 a.m. EST.
October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ...
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the House's presiding officer, and the position is explicitly established by the Constitution of the United States. [11] The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position by a vote held during an active term.
Republicans win control of the Senate; House remains up for grabs
4 days ago · Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and the man who wants to replace him, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have spent the past weeks crisscrossing those key House battlegrounds, as well as a slew ...
Mike Johnson Becomes the Speaker of the Whole House. For Now.
May 9, 2024 · Representative Mike Johnson can now, for better or worse, truly lay claim to being speaker of the whole House, after Democrats saved him from a Republican-led coup on Wednesday in another...
House speaker live updates: Standoff moves into Day 3 | AP News
Jan 6, 2023 · Rep. John James, R-Mich., nominates Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for speaker for the seventh round of voting in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Rep. Mike Johnson voted new House speaker - CNN
Oct 25, 2023 · President Joe Biden responded Wednesday to the news Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson has been elected House speaker, congratulating him while calling on Congress “to move swiftly...
Republican Mike Johnson elected US House speaker, ending …
Oct 26, 2023 · WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives elected Republican Mike Johnson, a conservative with little leadership experience, as speaker on Wednesday, ending a...