The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives announced new measures Friday targeting Democrats who fled the state to ...

The Texas House of Representatives met on Friday, as a majority of Democrats have not returned after leaving the state. There were 95 members were present; a quorum was not met after roll call.

Texas Republicans need a quorum to pass new congressional maps that would send more Republicans to the U.S. House of ...

While no Speaker has ever become President via succession, James K. Polk was elected President of the United States in 1845 and is the only former Speaker of the House to do so.

Newsom has floated a redistricting effort in California as Texas Republicans seek to move forward with their redistricting ...

The United States House of Representatives has voted in Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as speaker. “It is the honor of a lifetime to have been elected the 56th Speaker of the House,” Johnson ...

“After the speaker is elected, the member with the longest continuous service administers the oath to the speaker,” according to the U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives website.

5 Fast Facts about the speaker of the House A stalemate over electing a speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has made history. Here are five verified facts about the speaker of the House.

Members of the 118th Congress cannot be sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives without a speaker. They also cannot vote or introduce legislation.

According to the Revised Statutes of the United States, at the first session of Congress, the body must first swear in a speaker who then administers the oath of office to all members present ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has encouraged the Florida Legislature to redraw the Congressional map his office put into place.

“After the speaker is elected, the member with the longest continuous service administers the oath to the speaker,” according to the U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives website.