Retropolis A 400-pound gavel? The story of a symbol of congressional power and its heavy-handed abusers. After Nancy Pelosi was elected House speaker Thursday, she was given a wooden mallet with a ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at a Saturday night event that it “will be hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel if Republicans take control of the ...

WASHINGTON — Democrats blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for saying “it will be hard to not hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a gavel if he becomes speaker. McCarthy, R-Calif ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D.,N.Y.) handed Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California the speaker's gavel. Democrats had the majority in the last Congress and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California ...

With a loud clap that echoes through the Georgia House, Speaker Jon Burns’ gavel usually commands the attention of 180 restless representatives. Until it snaps, as it has four times since November.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): "It is now my solemn honor and responsibility to hand over the people’s gavel here in the United States House of Representative … to the gentleman from ...

Newly elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, surrounded by children and grandchildren of members of Congress, holds up her gavel in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. AP Photo/Pablo ...