Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant.

Washington — The House on Tuesday voted 216 to 210 to remove California Republican Kevin McCarthy from his position as House speaker, a historic move that comes days after he reached an 11th ...

As speaker of the House, Johnson will have final say over what bills make it to the floor. Funding the government past a deadline of Nov. 17 is the most pressing item on the agenda.

In just one week, the new Congress will be in session, and the first order of business for the House will be to elect a ...

Members-elect of the 118th Congress leave the House Chamber after three ballots failed to elect a new Speaker of the House on January 3, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 2023-01-04T15:31:08Z ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was re-elected to another term in the House after two Republican dissenters flipped last minute in a floor vote on Friday — with President-elect Donald Trump pers… ...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., are running to be the next speaker of the House. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

Trump doubled down on his endorsement of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Friday morning, hours before a high-stakes House vote on whether to keep him in power.

Article I, Section II of the Constitution says only that the House “shall chuse [sic] their Speaker and other officers.” So far, the chamber has only chosen its own members as speaker.

The conservative revolt that brought down the Republican leader of the House of Representatives has left the lower chamber of the US Congress in a state of paralysis. With the government due to ...