Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
At the start of a new Congress, those voting to elect the speaker are representatives-elect, as a speaker must be selected before members are sworn in to office; the House of Representatives cannot organize or take other legislative actions until a speaker is elected. [11] Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote. [12]
The president of the Congress of Deputies is the speaker of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales (the Spanish parliament). The president is elected among the members of the Congress and is, after the king and the prime minister, the highest authority in the Kingdom of Spain.
The Chief Deputy Whip is the primary assistant to the whip, who is the chief vote counter for their party. The current chief deputy majority whip is Republican Guy Reschenthaler. Within the House Republican Conference, the chief deputy whip is the highest appointed position and often a launching pad for future positions in the House Leadership.
PHOTO: Rep. Mike Johnson holds the gavel after being presented it by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries after being re-elected as Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol ...
The vote for Speaker requires a candidate to receive the support of a majority of the House - 218 votes. But because of a razor-thin Republican majority in the House, Johnson could only stand to ...
In January 2021, Koffa was elected as deputy speaker. [7] In the 2023 election, Koffa was re-elected under the CDC banner. [8] The CDC endorsed Koffa's run for speaker. [9] In January 2024, Koffa was elected speaker by the House, [10] defeating Richard Koon of the Unity Party by five votes. [11]
The 118th Congress is the first in US history to need multiple ballots more than once to name a speaker. How this Congress keeps setting records with its speaker votes, in one chart Skip to main ...
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. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote. [16]