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Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 elections. She ran successfully for Minority Leader in the 112th Congress.
House Minority Leader: Hakeem Jeffries: NY-08: January 3, 2023 Party leader since January 3, 2023: House Minority Whip: Katherine Clark: MA-05: January 3, 2023 Party deputy since January 3, 2023: Chair of the House Democratic Caucus: Pete Aguilar: CA-33: January 3, 2023: House Democratic Assistant Leader: Joe Neguse: CO-02: March 20, 2024: Vice ...
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 ...
The 119th Congress actually marks the third straight time the House has opened with the majority party holding 222 or fewer seats, which is the first time three consecutive congresses have been ...
The House of Representatives will be under GOP rule next year, cementing Republicans' unified control of power across Washington. The party has retained its narrow lower chamber majority after ...
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson named Representative Rick Crawford on Thursday to chair the House intelligence committee, the latest promotion of an ally of President-elect Donald Trump to a key ...
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. Prior to 1839, the House elected its speaker by paper ballot, but since, on all but three occasions, has done so by roll call vote. [1]
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