List of All Articles with Tag 'speaker'

By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Republicans' leadership fight dragged into a

Rep. Mike Johnson is set to take his fight for the speakership to the House floor on Wednesday, a pivotal moment for House Republicans that comes amid uncertainty over whether the Louisiana lawmaker can secure the 217 votes needed to win the gavel.

The Louisiana congressman was selected after three rounds of voting on Tuesday evening.

WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has dropped out of the race

Rep. Tom Emmer, the House majority whip whose bid for House speaker was thrown into immediate jeopardy Tuesday afternoon, has tried to balance an at-times moderate voting record while trying to appeal to the Donald Trump-aligned base of the Republican Party.

The former President has so far not publicly endorsed a new candidate after Jim Jordan dropped out.

WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Gary Palmer has dropped out of the race to become House speaker, the Republican lawmaker

By David Morgan WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday will try again to fill

House Republicans will meet Tuesday morning to pick a new speaker nominee from a crowded field, though it remains unclear whether any candidate can lock down the 217 votes needed to ultimately win the gavel.

Winning a majority party's nomination for speaker of the House of Representatives usually elevates a lawmaker into the pantheon of American political leaders.

The immediate unanswered question facing the US government is which Republican lawmaker can untie this knot, unite their party and reopen the House. The larger issue that may be even more difficult for Republicans to solve is figuring out what they even stand for at this point.

Republicans are again searching for a new nominee after Jim Jordan's Speaker bid fell apart last week.