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In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana ...
Additionally, as the U.S. Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years. Nevertheless ...
The House Republican Conference vote was held on November 15, 2022, and despite a challenge from Biggs, McCarthy won the majority of votes, becoming the Republican nominee for speaker of the House. As McCarthy won less than 218 votes, a majority of the seats in the House, the media started questioning his ability to be voted in as Speaker.
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 ...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) holds Rep. Lauren Boebert's (R-CO) grandchild as representatives gather to vote for the new Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S ...
PHOTO: Rep Mike Johnson walks in front of Rep. Ralph Norman as representatives gather to vote for the new Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in ...
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 intra-term. A majority of votes cast (as opposed to a majority of the full membership of the House) is necessary to elect a speaker. [1]
House debuts new rules that makes it harder to boot out the speaker. 11:05, Joe Sommerlad. The House Republican leadership revealed their new rules for the 119th Congress on Wednesday, including a ...