A new rule Congress is set to vote on as soon as a speaker is elected would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate. If ...

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) will get to keep the big gavel after his fellow Republicans voted to re-elect him House ...

Mike Johnson was able to keep his spot atop the US House Friday while seeming to offer minimal binding concessions to hard-right Republicans who had threatened his path to re-election.

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 ...

After the pomp, circumstance and photos are all done, the incoming members of the House of Representatives have a single task to complete before anything can be done. They have to elect a Speaker of ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only House Republican to vote against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) while two other GOP ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R, Ky.) has cast the first Republican vote against Mike Johnson. Massie said ahead of the session Friday ...

Ralph Norman joined Thomas Massie in opposing Johnson, dooming his chances of getting reelected in the first ballot.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who represents the fourth congressional district of Kentucky, voted for Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) over Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) for house speaker.

"I'd say there's a 70% chance Mike Johnson is going to be speaker ... because that's just the way the swamp works," ...