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.

Republicans had warned they would escalate efforts to end the nearly weeklong holdout if defiant Democrats do not return to ...

Dustin Burrows suspends direct deposits for lawmakers who left the state, intensifying pressure to restore quorum during ...

TX AG Paxton and Speaker Burrows pursue legal action to enforce arrest warrants for Democrats fleeing to block a vote.

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.

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.

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

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 ...

“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.

“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.