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Status: Presiding officer: Seat: United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.: Nominator: Party caucus / conference (primarily): Appointer: House of Representatives: Term length: At the House's pleasure; elected at the beginning of the new Congress by a majority of the representatives-elect, and upon a vacancy during a Congress.
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution.
The speaker is the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives.The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after Election Day) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position intra-term.
As the clerk of the House, Cheryl Johnson oversaw the 2023 election of a speaker as the acting presiding officer. The speaker is the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after Election Day) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the ...
The presiding officer does not accept a point of order of no quorum during general debate, or when a question is not before the House. [62] During debates, a member may speak only if called upon by the presiding officer. The presiding officer decides which members to recognize, and can therefore control the course of debate. [63]
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the state's highest court to intervene in a partisan power struggle that has roiled the start of the 2025 legislative session.
After her presiding role, she was renominated, this time, by McCarthy, to remain Clerk during the 118th United States Congress. In June 2023, she addressed the House to announce her resignation effective June 30, 2023, receiving a standing ovation from the representatives. She was succeeded by her deputy clerk, Kevin McCumber. [13]