May 21 WATCH: Pelosi speaks on coronavirus funding for mail-in voting, election security By Courtney Vinopal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference May 21 on the 100th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Watch the news conference in the player above. Pelosi… Continue reading
Nov 21 Democrat who opposed Pelosi now says he’ll back her for House speaker By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Rep. Brian Higgins of western New York announced Wednesday he will now support Pelosi after earlier signing on to a letter opposing her bid. Continue reading
Nov 20 Rep. Marcia Fudge drops out of running for speaker, backs Pelosi By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The top potential rival to Nancy Pelosi for House speaker dropped out of the running Tuesday, delivering a blow to efforts to topple the California Democrat. Continue reading
Nov 19 16 Democrats say they’ll oppose Pelosi, back ‘new leadership’ By Alan Fram, Associated Press The California Democrat is favored by most Democrats to lead them. But 16 votes against Nancy Pelosi might block her from getting the 218 votes, a House majority, that she'd need to win the speakership. Continue reading
Nov 17 Trump jumps in to offer aid to Democrat Pelosi’s speaker bid By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump is jumping in to offer some help, saying Saturday that he could “perform a wonderful service” by rounding up Republican votes for Pelosi’s candidacy. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 7:28 How Speaker Ryan is retooling the GOP agenda By PBS News Hour In his first four working weeks, new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan presided over passage of a $600 billion defense bill, a bill to tighten screening of Syrian refugees and a five-year highway bill. Political director Lisa Desjardins offers… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 11:51 Shields and Brooks on the GOP’s Trump problem, Paul Ryan’s speaker leadership By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 05 Speaker Ryan’s first formal weekly news conference By News Desk Watch a live stream of House Speaker Paul Ryan's first formal weekly news conference from the Capitol, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EST. Continue reading
Oct 28 GOP nominates Ryan as speaker, House set to OK By Alan Fram, Associated Press House Republicans nominated Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday to become the chamber's next speaker, rallying behind a youthful overachiever they hope will guide them out of weeks of internal feuding and disarray and point the party toward accomplishments they can… Continue reading
Oct 26 Boehner’s last deal: 2-year budget, debt ceiling By Andrew Taylor and Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Speaker John Boehner is pressing ahead with one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement with President Barack Obama before handing Congress' top job over to Rep. Paul Ryan… Continue reading