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 ...

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 ...

Congress returned Friday, voting to reelect House speaker Mike Johnson after some Republican holdouts changed their votes.

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 ...

Currently, the Texas House consists of 150 members. In January, the House will be made up of 88 Republicans and 62 Democrats.

The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House lawmakers voted 215-209 along party lines to set the chamber's rules for the ...

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 ...