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The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2000, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 107th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States. The Republican Party won 221 seats, while the Democratic Party won 212 and independents won two ...
In 1998, when Speaker Newt Gingrich announced his resignation, neither Majority Leader Dick Armey nor Majority Whip Tom DeLay contested the Speakership, which eventually went to Chief Deputy Whip Dennis Hastert. Traditionally, the Speaker is viewed as the leader of the majority party in the House, with the Majority Leader as second-in-command.
The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House, and is simultaneously the body's presiding officer, the de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head. [1] Speakers also perform various administrative and procedural functions, all in addition to representing their own congressional ...
April 3, 2000: United States v. Microsoft: Federal court held Microsoft liable for anti-trust violations; November 7, 2000: Presidential election, Senate election, House election; November 7, 2000 – December 13, 2000: Presidential election, Florida recount, and Bush v. Gore litigation
Deaths in the House shrunk the majority for Republicans down to 218 to 213 by the end of the second session, according to a CQ Almanac article from 1954. After the conclusion of the 83rd Congress ...
In the 1996, 1998, and 2000 elections, Gephardt led the Democrats to gains in the House, [16] although they did not retake the majority until 2006, after Gephardt had left Congress. Therefore, he is the first House Democratic leader who has not served as Speaker since Finis J. Garrett.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., sent letters to fellow House GOP lawmakers on Wednesday night asking for support to remain in those positions.
In the weeks that followed, several House Republicans threw their hats into the ring for speaker, including Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, and Rep. Austin Scott, a back ...