Oct 26 Mike Johnson may be the new House speaker, but he faces old Republican challenges ahead By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the ally of Donald Trump inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders. Continue reading
Oct 25 Mike Johnson elected House speaker on first ballot with support from all Republicans By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Republican congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected House speaker. Republicans eagerly voted to give Johnson the gavel on Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 24 Republicans nominate Tom Emmer for House speaker going into third vote By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press The House speaker will need to accomplish the seemingly impossible job of uniting the GOP majority. Continue reading
Oct 24 GOP House speaker race crowded as Republicans prepare to vote again By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Republicans gathered late in the evening Monday to hear quick speeches from the congressmen seeking the job, elevator pitches ahead of Tuesday's internal party voting. Continue reading
Oct 23 WATCH: House convenes as Republicans pick Emmer as latest speaker candidate By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press While Emmer won a simple majority in a roll call behind closed doors — 117 votes — he lost more than two dozen Republicans, leaving him far short of what will be needed during a House floor tally ahead. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 3:26 Who are the 9 Republicans making a run for House speaker? By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz Nine Republicans are running to serve as House speaker after several failed votes and a weeks-long stalemate over the future of the chamber. The candidates are pitching their plan to unite a divided House Republican Conference in a closed-door forum. Continue watching
Oct 20 House Republicans reject Jim Jordan a third time for speaker as opposition deepens By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves, Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker and return to the work of Congress that has been languishing since hard-liners ousted Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 5:27 GOP rejects empowering interim House speaker as Jordan says he's still running for the job By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The leadership crisis in the House of Representatives became even more chaotic on Thursday. Republicans, unable to agree on a speaker, also rejected a plan to temporarily give the acting speaker more powers. Lisa Desjardins was outside the heated meeting… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 11:03 What's next for Republicans after Jim Jordan's 2nd defeat in House speaker vote By Geoff Bennett, Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s second try for speaker of the House went more poorly than his first. In Wednesday's vote he received two fewer Republican votes than he did on Tuesday. Lisa Desjardins reports on the Capitol frozen in legislative… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 3:01 House enters 3rd week without speaker as GOP infighting keeps Congress at standstill By Lisa Desjardins The House of Representatives is entering a third week with no full-time speaker. The Republican majority is meeting Monday night and speaker nominee Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will look to sway dozens of colleagues who just voted against him… Continue watching