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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 ...
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House speaker, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section II, of the U.S. Constitution.
On October 25, the full House voted, 220–209, [72] to elect Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives [73] with every Republican member in attendance voting for him. [74] Johnson was also sworn in as speaker on the same day. [72] He is the first speaker in U.S. history from Louisiana. [75]
Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House speaker after McCarthy’s ousting. The Louisiana House member played a key role in the 2020 election overturn attempt.
What Johnson’s critics say. Johnson has become the nation’s 56th House speaker in large part because he happened to be the last one standing when his fellow House Republicans reached a point ...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson also offered a conditional response when reporters asked him less than a month ago if he would commit to observing regular order in the electoral certification ...
The 2025 speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on January 3, 2025, on the opening day of the 119th United States Congress, two months after the 2024 elections for the United States House of Representatives. This was the 130th speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789.
The speaker of the House of Representatives is the House's presiding officer, and the position is explicitly established by the Constitution of the United States. [10] The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns, or is removed from the position by a vote held during an active term.