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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.
The speaker's chair was vacated and Patrick McHenry of North Carolina—a McCarthy ally—was made speaker pro tempore and the House went without a proper speaker until the October 25 election of Mike Johnson of Louisiana. McCarthy subsequently announced his resignation from Congress effective at the end of 2023.
"This historic election has proven that a majority of Americans are eager for secure borders, lower costs, peace through strength, and a return to common sense," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La ...
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections, to elect the 441 members of the House of Representatives - representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories to the United ...
The GOP holds a slim enough majority of the House that a speaker hopeful could only afford to lose four Republican votes, given all Democrats were aligned behind Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of ...
Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost five more votes for House speaker on Thursday afternoon as the embarrassment for him and the Republican Party continued. Kevin McCarthy loses 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th ...
Nancy Pelosi of California, the outgoing speaker, retired from the position and announced her support for Hakeem Jeffries of New York.. During the run-up to the 2019 speaker election, Nancy Pelosi, who had been the Democratic Caucus' leader and nominee in every speaker election since 2003, [28] struck a deal with several caucus members in which she promised that she would retire from the ...
Here are the latest Republicans running for House Speaker. 13:29, Rachel Sharp and Ariana Baio. ... VIDEO: Jim Jordan loses third House speaker vote with less support than in first two.