Speaker of the House

WASHINGTON — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., dropped his bid to be the next speaker of the House on Tuesday, just hours after he narrowly won his party’s nomination in a secret vote of the House Republican Conference. Meeting... Read More

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, again failed to garner enough votes to be elected speaker on Wednesday, apparently opening the door to a bipartisan push to grant new powers to Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. When the final... Read More

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., narrowly won the Republican nomination to be the next speaker of the House on Wednesday, setting the stage for a floor vote that is still less than certain. The announcement of Scalise’s... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chaos? In the House of Representatives? Republican Kevin McCarthy wrapped his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way, with hardly a hint of the chaotic, rebellious fight it took for the Republicans to arrive here, having barely... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden set a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy... Read More