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Republicans retained their slim majority in the House of Representatives, despite losing a seat, during the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. [17] With a two seat larger majority, in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, a faction of the Republican majority, mostly represented by the Freedom Caucus, refused to support Republican ...
The House elects a new speaker by roll call vote when it first convenes after a general election for its two-year term, or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. A majority of votes cast (as opposed to a majority of the full membership of the House) is necessary to elect a speaker. [ 1 ]
January 3, 2025, 12 p.m. EST: Congress convenes.Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in. Mike Johnson was re-elected as speaker on the first ballot after initially not receiving enough votes on the roll call, with the vote remaining open until enough members changed votes to support him.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the incoming Senate majority leader, said Friday that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have a "really tough job," navigating a narrow majority.
The seat of the US House Speaker stands empty as the House of Representatives continues voting for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2023.
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House speaker, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section II, of the U.S. Constitution.
If the House can’t elect a Speaker by Jan. 20, the constitutionally-prescribed Inauguration Day, then the new GOP-controlled Senate’s president pro-tempore (pro-tem), Grassley, would be ...
President of the Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives: 1970 [31] Georgia 3: Brian Jack (R) No Open seat; replaced Drew Ferguson (R) White House Director of Political Affairs: 1988 [32] Indiana 3: Marlin Stutzman (R) No Open seat; replaced Jim Banks (R) U.S. House of Representatives [h] Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives ...