Photos: Scenes from historic speaker vote of 118th Congress
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks. Here are scenes from the grueling week of votes.
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NEW YORK — With House Republicans riven by infighting, unable to coalesce around a pick for speaker, former President Donald Trump had an emphatic message for the new GOP majority.
The religious makeup of the incoming 118th Congress looks more like what America used to be than what it is today. Congress is more Christian and religious overall than the general population.
The switched votes from conservative holdouts put McCarthy closer to seizing the gavel for the new Congress — but not yet able.
Republican Kevin McCarthy finally won the House speakership on a 15th ballot early Saturday, after tensions erupted on the House floor. He prevailed after a grueling standoff that tested American democracy and the GOP majority’s ability to govern.
House Clerk Cheryl Johnson became an unlikely folk hero in Washington this past week, running the lower chamber of Congress with a steady hand as Republicans struggled to elect a speaker amid historic chaos.
It was the extraordinary moment that brought House Republicans to the brink — and ultimately the moment they found their way back.
Voters who support Lauren Boebert are hoping the firebrand Republican congresswoman from Colorado tones down her brash style. Their concerns come after the far-right politician's pitch seemed to find less appeal in her reelection race last November.
As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, some state legislatures have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisan divides or razor-thin margins of party control with creative, if yet untested, solutions.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is emerging from last week’s bitter speaker fight as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate.
Ideological infighting and internal battles have long been a part of politics. But this year, while some conservative Republicans staged a revolt against the leader of their party until their demands were met, progressive Democrats in the House are pitching unity.
Republican Kevin McCarthy wrapped his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way. But the semblance of House GOP unity is all but certain to be temporary as Congress faces more difficult questions ahead.
Move out of the way, TV dinners, and get ready for avocado toast. Baby boomers, or those born from 1946 to 1964, no longer make up the majority of Congress. While still clinging to the top generational spot, boomers make up only a plurality of the newly convened 118th Congress.
Rep. James Comer has a balancing act ahead of him as the new chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee, which has already signaled many investigations of the Biden administration and family are on the way.
By week's end, the Republican National Committee is set to resolve a bitter leadership feud that has exposed perilous divisions within a party that has struggled to move past a disappointing midterm ahead of a critical race for the White House.
He said the decision was not based on political payback but because "integrity matters, and they have failed in that place."
Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos claims in a newly surfaced interview that he was mugged in broad daylight a block from Trump Tower in Manhattan — and the crooks even took the shoes off his feet.
Of all the questions swirling around U.S. Rep. George Santos, one of the most serious has been how he amassed the personal fortune he claimed to have used to finance his campaign.
It's not an easy job corralling votes from House Republicans and trying to hold together a fractious majority well enough to pass party priorities. That task now falls to a former youth hockey coach from Minnesota, Rep. Tom Emmer.
Ronna McDaniel has become the longest serving leader of the Republican National Committee since the Civil War. But now, she must confront a modern-day civil war within the GOP.
Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan sees a coastal bias within the Democratic Party that she hopes to correct with the creation of the Heartland Caucus, one of the 118th Congress’ newest member groups.
For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a crisis point — at least not yet.
It’s the first time the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women. Sitting down for their first joint interview, along with Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, the women say their camaraderie and willingness to collaborate will be crucial this year.
The 118th Congress is the most diverse in history. But disparities persist as lawmakers choose the people who run things behind the scenes — their staff.
Members of Congress and their staffers rebounded from pandemic travel anxiety in 2022, accepting more than $6.6 million worth of airline tickets, hotel rooms and meals paid for by special interest groups.
A year after setting a record for vote participation, thanks largely to a pandemic-driven House rule allowing members to delegate someone else to vote for them, Congress kept up the pace in 2022 — even as the number of votes taken increased.
Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs introduced more than 500 bills last Wednesday. Five hundred twenty-one to be exact: HR 1844 to HR 2364.
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is now in her third term and she's no longer defined by the “firsts” that accompanied her arrival in Congress.
When Rep. Kevin McCarthy emerged from the messy 15-ballot election in January to become House speaker, he said he was emboldened by the fight. But as the embattled Republican leader from California rounds the first 100 days at the helm of a slim House Republican majority, there are challenges ahead.
Republicans said they plan to pursue less spending than the top-line numbers they agreed to in a deal with the White House last month.
Rep. Lauren Boebert's ability to force a House vote highlights the challenges Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling his GOP majority.
The right-wing House Freedom Caucus ousted Greene in large part for calling Boebert an expletive in a quarrel on the House floor.
A motion to vacate is a rare and strong procedural tool that has only been used twice in the past century against Republican speakers.