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The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership (Yale University Press; 2010) 292 pages; Examines partisan pressures and other factors that shaped the leadership of the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; focuses on the period since 1940. Grossman, Mark. Speakers of the House of Representatives (Amenia, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2009 ...
Additionally, the speaker is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the president pro tempore of the Senate. [2] 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 ...
On October 25, the full House voted, 220–209, [72] to elect Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [73] with every Republican member in attendance voting for him. [74] Johnson was also sworn in as speaker on the same day. [72] He is the first speaker in U.S. history from Louisiana. [75]
Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House speaker after McCarthy’s ousting. The Louisiana House member played a key role in the 2020 election overturn attempt.
The newly sworn-in 117th Congress voted Sunday to re-elect Nancy Pelosi to another term as speaker of the House of Representatives.
A speaker election is generally held at least every two years; the House has elected a Speaker 129 times since the office was created in 1789. [2] Traditionally, each political party's caucus/conference selects a candidate for speaker from among its senior leaders prior to the vote, and the majority party's nominee is elected.
Republicans united behind Rep. Mike Johnson, who became House Speaker on Wednesday after the GOP ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy three weeks ago.
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the House's presiding officer, and the position is explicitly established by the Constitution of the United States. [10] The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position by a vote held during an active term.