As the House heads into its first session of the new Congress on Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson — the Louisiana Republican who has led the chamber since October 2023 — is not yet assured to be ...

Newly-elected House lawmakers started casting votes as Johnson’s name was put forward for nomination by the GOP Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich. “No speaker’s perfect,” she said.

However, several other names floated around before Johnson’s nomination was made official ... Johnson, 52, was elected to Speaker of the House somewhat by chance last year when former ...

How many votes Johnson needs to win To be elected speaker ... regardless of if the name was put into nomination or if the individual is a member of the House. Members can also effectively abstain ...

The Texas House of Representatives elected Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as its next speaker of the house. The House voted 85-55 ...

House members applauded an official announcement on Friday that former Republican Representative Matt Gaetz will not return ...

The Speaker then swears-in the rest of the ... D-N.Y. Anyone else can then place someone’s name in nomination. Then, the House calls the roll of Members-elect alphabetically.

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA ... was one of the 20 Republicans who initially blocked McCarthy’s nomination and subsequently stopped Majority Leader Steve Scalise from becoming ...

The next speaker of the house will replace Dade Phelan ... delivered speeches in favor of Burrows for speaker, despite Ramos' nomination. "I know some of you want to wait for a second ballot.

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep ... for Republican incumbents who went against the party’s Speaker nomination. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) and Donald ...

The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker ...