Mike Johnson elected new speaker of the House, ending weeks of chaos
"The people's House is back in business," newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in.
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"The people's House is back in business," newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in.
House Republicans finally elected Mike Johnson to be House speaker, over three weeks after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy. Here's the list of GOP candidates who ran.
Rep. Mike Johnson is the fourth speaker nominee since McCarthy's removal and the second in a single day. He said that his intention is to go the House floor Wednesday for a noon speaker vote.
The House Republican Conference voted that Jordan should drop his bid in a closed-door meeting following an earlier vote on the House floor.
All total, 22 Republicans voted against Rep. Jim Jordan on the second ballot.
Rep. Jim Jordan lost 20 Republicans to win just 200 votes, falling shy of the 217 needed to become speaker of the House.
The House Republican majority has not yet coalesced around a new speaker a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed.
Both lawmakers expressed frustration over the current state of affairs inside the House of Representatives.
Hours before a midnight deadline, Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government running for 45 days.
Congress was in crisis mode Tuesday, trying to pass four short-term spending bills to keep some parts open.
A delay to his return to federal court is spurring speculation a plea deal is in the works.
The senator says countries like China and Mexico would be forced to stop sending those drugs to the U.S.
A former military intelligence officer-turned-whistleblower told House lawmakers that Congress is being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena.
If passed, the legendary singer would be honored on Aug. 3, what would have been his 97th birthday.
An effort by House Democrats to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress failed earlier this year.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday night to pass a bill that will suspend the debt limit and avoid a catastrophic default. It now heads to the Senate. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
Rep. Thomas Massie broke with two other conservatives on the House Rules Committee to advance the legislation to the House floor.
House Republicans moved to refer a resolution to expel the indicted Republican to the House Ethics Committee in a 221 to 204 vote.
"It's very clear that he's a liar, he's a fraud," Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia said of Rep. George Santos, who was indicted on fraud and money laundering charges last week.
The Long Island congressman announced his bid on Twitter.
They want the embattled Republican out now, and they called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to get it done.
Meanwhile, the embattled congressman's voters are trying new tactics to get rid of him.
The embattled congressman was a no-show Monday at his office in Washington.
