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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]
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 ...
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 ...
All eyes were on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Friday as the House is set to vote on whether he will keep the gavel in the 119th Congress. What has historically been a routine vote might have been ...
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds the gavel after he was re-elected as Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2025.
Commenting on the election results and the voting process, Biden said, "It is honest, it is fair, and it is transparent, and it can be trusted — win or lose."
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.
President Joe Biden is expected to be the final speaker of day one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. DNC speakers list: See who is speaking on Day 1, including President Joe Biden Skip ...