After the pomp, circumstance and photos are all done, the incoming members of the House of Representatives have a single task to complete before anything can be done. They have to elect a Speaker of ...

Thomas Massie is the first Republican to vote against Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House, voting for Tom Emmer. Posted: ...

Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.

Mike Johnson was able to keep his spot atop the US House Friday while seeming to offer minimal binding concessions to hard-right Republicans who had threatened his path to re-election.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did not ...

A new rule Congress is set to vote on as soon as a speaker is elected would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate. If ...

There were six additional Republican holdouts who declined to vote the first time around, including Representatives Andy ...

But during an extended delay in which the House clerk held open the vote — and during which Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer conceded that he expected a second ballot — GOP leadership scrambled to ...

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) succeeded in keeping his gavel for the 119th Congress, winning in the House’s Speakership vote ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only House Republican to vote against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) while two other GOP ...