House rules currently allow for one lawmaker to have the ability to introduce a motion to vacate the speakership and initiate a vote on the floor. So, when former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who unsuccessfully sought to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from the speakership last year, said that she will vote on Friday for Johnson to retain the gavel.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s allies are leaning into a key argument in a bid to avoid a chaotic floor fight over the gavel on Friday: A vote against Johnson could delay the finalization of Donald ...

The Secretary-General and President-elect of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Bornor Varmah, has called on the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court to reject ...

Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the umbrella of Progressives Alliance (PA) have kicked against the emergence of Hon. Mojisola Meranda as the Speaker of the Lagos State ...

The biennial vote has historically been a mundane affair — a rubber-stamp formalization of the Speakership post by members of the majority party who’ve already nominated their candidate and ...

Mr. Johnson could still win the speakership even if he does not have the support of a majority. He could persuade lawmakers who oppose him to vote “present” rather than naming another person ...

In a final attempt to avert the current legal and political battle for control of the Minnesota House, Democratic leader ...

The list of candidates for the Speakership having been narrowed down to two it will be the work of but a few minutes for the caucus of the Republican members of the Assembly to decide the contest.

The US has opened the 119th Congress with a vote for the speakership in its lower chamber, the House of Representatives. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to colleagues in the House of ...

He’s also indicated to members that he would be unhappy if a speakership fight delayed his agenda. Balloting will continue until a speaker is elected, but the chamber is essentially frozen until ...