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Official seal of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Sam Rayburn, longest serving speaker of the House, 17 years, 53 days (cumulative) Tip O'Neill, longest uninterrupted tenure of office, 9 years, 350 days. Theodore M. Pomeroy, shortest tenure of office, 1 day. Rank.
Elected Speaker. Kevin McCarthy Republican. At the opening of the 118th United States Congress, the members-elect of the House of Representatives elected in the 2022 midterms held an election for its speaker, marking the 128th speaker election since the office was created in 1789. [1] [2] It began on January 3, 2023, and concluded in the early ...
A speaker election is generally held at least every two years; the House has elected a Speaker 129 times since the office was created in 1789. Traditionally, each political party's caucus/conference selects a candidate for speaker from among its senior leaders prior to the vote, and the majority party's nominee is elected.
This is election interference," Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, told reporters outside the courtroom, repeating Trump's own words in labeling the proceeding a witch hunt and ...
Senate conservatives are urging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to back off her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying it’s a waste of time and Congress has higher priorities ...
The ad buy underscores the internal divisions that have cracked open in the Republican Party since McCarthy’s ouster. ... When Speaker Mike Johnson split up a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine ...
Elected Speaker. Nancy Pelosi. Democratic. On January 3, 2021, the 1st day of the 117th Congress and 2 months after the 2020 U.S. House elections, the incoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives held an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was the 127th U.S. speaker election since the office was created in 1789.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) returns to Washington this week celebrating several recent policy victories but also facing a renewed threat to his gavel from a small but unpredictable group of ...
John Boehner speaks in support of the SKILLS Act. Recorded January 27, 2014. John Andrew Boehner ( / ˈbeɪnər / BAY-nər; [a] [3] born November 17, 1949) is a retired American politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. [4]
"The Republican Speaker of the House is seeking a rule to pass almost $100 billion in foreign aid — while unquestionably, dangerous criminals, terrorists, & fentanyl pour across our border.