Rep. Mike Johnson has been elected as the 56th speaker of the House. Every single Republican voted for him giving him 220 votes. The hard-liner won his party’s nomination Tuesday night – the ...

Johnson faces another threat to speakership over Ukraine and Israel aid plans On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day juggling his foreign aid priorities for Ukraine and Israel ...

Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. Now in her third term as ...

A historic drama is playing out in the US House of Representatives after Republican congressman Matt Gaetz's successful attempt to dethrone his party's House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy. It follows a ...

Eight Republican lawmakers are running for speaker, as the House ends its third week of legislative paralysis. The Republican conference heard from the members at a candidate forum Monday evening ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown ...

After several unsuccessful candidacies and three chaotic weeks, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson managed last month to unite his party behind him as the Speaker of the House. Now, he faces yet ...

Rodríguez Ramos faces an uphill battle, as Democrats are the minority party with 64 seats in the 150-member Texas House.

Republicans will meet privately after the November election to choose their speaker candidate for the next legislative ...

Nancy Pelosi is an American Democratic politician and current Speaker of the House of Representatives. Elected to Congress in 1987, she is one of the most senior Democratic Party leaders and the ...

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.... A “Speaker of the House” has been an organic part of the Anglo-American legislative process for centuries—at ...

By Carl Hulse Republicans and Democrats voted Wednesday to block a motion that sought to remove the speaker of the House. By The New York Times A successful bipartisan effort to force a vote on ...