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 ...

The Republican Party has demonstrated significant unity by successfully voting on the Speaker of the House, electing Rep.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Capitol Hill, the Senate is set to swear in its 100 senators without much fanfare or drama.

Texas has four new members of the U.S. House of Representatives following the first session of the 119th Congress.

Hard-line conservative members blocked his bid. The incumbent needs the support of almost all Republicans to win the gavel again.

Johnson did not acquiesce to the sort of demands made of Kevin McCarthy, who gave conservatives outsize sway to win the speaker's gavel in 2021.

Johnson was able to flip two remaining holdouts who switched to support him, drawing applause from Republicans. The final ...

Congress begins a new session Friday with Republicans now leading both chambers. The House will need to elect a speaker ...

The Louisiana Republican was unanimously nominated as his party’s candidate for speaker. But resistance among right-wing ...

House Republicans Friday helped elect Mike Johnson as speaker of the House in the first round of voting, a flip from the 15 ...

Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...

Trump's pick has secured the powerful House Speaker role after surviving a close vote against Democrat Hakeem Jeffries.