House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

not counting “present” votes. The Constitution specifies that House members choose the speaker, but the speaker does not have to be a current or even a former representative. The G.O.P.’s ...

WASHINGTON − House Speaker Mike Johnson won back his job for another term on Friday after a nail-biter finish and now has the daunting task of trying to unify a fractured but potentially ...

As the House heads into its first session of the new Congress on Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson — the Louisiana Republican who has led the chamber since October 2023 — is not yet assured to be ...

Previously, it only required one member to force a vote. From CNN's Kit Maher and Haley Talbot Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy posted a picture with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago ...

The House Republicans have been so dysfunctional over the last few years that once mundane tasks are celebrated like major milestones. Every speaker vote from 1925 through 2021 ended in one ballot.

"Almost all of my colleagues know that Mike Johnson is not equipped to be speaker, but nobody wants to say the emperor has no ...

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

Republicans in the House of Representatives cheered the re-election of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during the first round of votes Friday, after successfully avoiding the lengthy speaker vote ...

But Johnson is also in trouble because many of the key votes ostensibly for him look more like votes for the Republican agenda in spite of him. After the vote, leaders of the House Freedom Caucus, a ...

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was vocally critical of Mike Johnson ahead of Friday's vote to reelect him House ...

House Speaker Pat Grassley says he'd like to ensure a new moratorium on casinos would have enough votes to pass the Senate and be signed into law by the governor before the House takes a vote on the ...