The Constitution mentions the need for a speaker but doesn’t say much more about their duties. But over time, the role of the speaker has grown to be a vast one: They call the House to order ...

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is surrounded by press and police on the way to the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. J.

The House has voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker, marking the first time in history that a House speaker has been removed in this way. The final vote was 216-210 in favor of a motion to ...

Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant.

Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan to run for House speaker 03:06. Washington — The historic removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his position as House speaker sets up another election to fill the now ...

The first day of the 118th Congress ended Tuesday without a new House speaker. Voting resumed Wednesday – and still no speaker. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed to secure enough ...

To be the next speaker, a person needs a majority of the votes from House members who are present and voting. (See this useful Congressional Research Service (CRS) report for more details.) ...