House speakers have never taken direction from the White House about who should and should not serve as committee chairs. In ...

House Republican leaders unveiled new rules for the 119th Congress, which includes a provision that will make it harder to ...

The GOP’s tiny majority in the House of Representatives could pose a challenge for Speaker Mike Johnson and test the ...

But Johnson is also in trouble because many of the key votes ostensibly for him look more like votes for the Republican ...

[Former Speaker of the House John] Boehner quit in disgust. [Former Speaker of the House Paul] Ryan quit, [Former Speaker of the House Kevin] McCarthy was fired by the caucus,” Gingrich said.

A lot has changed since Marlin Stutzman was first in the House, but the Indiana Republican is taking the long view. “We have ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defied his most conservative critics to retain his gavel in the next Congress, ...

The speaker’s election happens even before newly elected representatives are sworn in, and must be resolved before anything else can be addressed.

Back in 2015, during the aftermath of the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), for example, McCarthy was accused of having an affair with a sitting member of the House — former Rep.

Similarly, rightwing Republicans used the threat of a motion to vacate in 2015 to remove then-Speaker John Boehner ... the election of a speaker, the House will vote on the rules package, which ...

Yes, he won the House speakership, after 1.5 attempts. But he still doesn’t control his chamber.