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Gov. Gregg Abbott says state Democrats who skipped town to derail a GOP-backed redistricting effort could face expulsion from ...
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, made a historic first official visit to the city of Ariel, accompanied by ...
The United States House of Representatives has voted in Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as speaker. “It is the honor of a lifetime to have been elected the 56th Speaker of the House,” Johnson ...
While no Speaker has ever become President via succession, James K. Polk was elected President of the United States in 1845 and is the only former Speaker of the House to do so.
“After the speaker is elected, the member with the longest continuous service administers the oath to the speaker,” according to the U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives website.
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport-Bossier said the state delegation is 'bringing Louisiana values to Washington' with ...
The Speaker of the House is a pivotal role in our government. He or she is the leader of the United States House of Representatives and one of the most important officials in the federal government.
Members of the 118th Congress cannot be sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives without a speaker. They also cannot vote or introduce legislation.
Democrats might finally have learned something about Donald Trump — if they hope to beat him, they must get down in the ...
The House is scheduled to reconvene at noon at Wednesday, with the first order of business being the election of a Speaker. Under federal law, members cannot be sworn in until a Speaker is chosen.