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May 9, 2024 · The House on Wednesday rejected a motion calling for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s ouster, rebuffing an effort by one of the GOP leader’s most vocal critics, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of ...
5 days ago · house calendar number 77 house resolution 1243 resolved, that at any time afte adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b)of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 4763, to provi
May 20, 2024 · Washington, DC – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he highlighted that while Democrats remain willing to work across the aisle to solve problems for hardworking American taxpayers, House Republicans continue pushing an extreme agenda that hurts the American people. Press Release.
3 days ago · The House of Representatives originally comprised 59 members. The number rose following the ratification of the Constitution by North Carolina and Rhode Island in 1790; the first Congress (1789–91) adjourned with 65 representatives. By 1912 membership had reached 435.
2 days ago · Unlike the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader is the second highest-ranking member of their party's House caucus, behind the Speaker of the House. The Majority Leader is responsible for setting the annual legislative agenda, scheduling legislation for consideration, and coordinating committee activity.
May 9, 2024 · But circumstances have changed. Representative Mike Johnson can now, for better or worse, truly lay claim to being speaker of the whole House, after Democrats saved him from a Republican-led coup ...
22 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 ...
