Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House Wednesday by a vote of 220-209. Johnson, who had been a dark horse for the position, had been voted the GOP nominee the ...

WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden, weighing in for the first time on the new GOP House ... began moments after House Republicans elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaker of the House, breaking ...

Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addressed the chamber ... "We need to not waste any time," New York Republican Anthony D'Esposito said of the issue. "What we've done the last ...

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) was elected Tuesday night as the new chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, three members ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to pull the six-month stopgap continuing appropriations bill due to lack of votes, ...

If the newly-elected speaker of the House wants to get a divorce, he'll have a harder time doing so than most Americans. That's because Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the fourth Republican to be ...

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 very first thing a new session of the House of Representatives must do ... The chamber must continue to hold votes until a Speaker is elected. The vote for Speaker requires a candidate to ...

Brooks and Capehart on gun policy debate after Maine mass shooting and new House speaker ... Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply ...

Pichet Chuamuangphan has clinched the role of first deputy House Speaker, while Paradorn Prissananantakul took the position ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state representative from Berks County was elected Tuesday to serve as speaker of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives. State Rep. Mark Rozzi, who was elected to the role ...

Until 1839, the House elected the Speaker by ballot, but since that time the election has been by roll call. The party caucuses, however, predetermine the result by meeting and selecting the ...