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May 8, 2024 · Hakeem Jeffries voices his support for the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act. Recorded March 3, 2020. Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( / ˌhɑːˈkiːm / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
May 1, 2024 · Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard.
May 17, 2024 · House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks his hold on the gavel isn’t as tenuous as it looks, notwithstanding his party’s slender (217-213) majority. Last week a potentially decisive 11 Republicans ...
1 day ago · 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.
17 hours ago · The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. [1] [2] The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills; those that are also passed by the Senate ...
May 8, 2024 · Recent News. Newt Gingrich (born June 17, 1943, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American politician, who served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995–98); he was the first Republican to hold the office in 40 years. He later sought the party’s nomination for president in 2012.
the Speaker: [noun] the person who controls the discussions in a legislature.
