Speaker of the House

Two factions of the House Republican conference have brokered a deal to raise the threshold to trigger a motion to vacate the chair, the procedure to force a vote to remove the Speaker of the House, from one member to nine.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Democrats will win the majority in the House of Representatives in November and then vote in House Minority Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told Senate Republicans to strip the SAVE Act from the government funding legislation once the House passes the bill, senior aides from two different GOP U.S. Senate offices who support the SAVE Act being part of government funding efforts told Breitbart News on Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump issued a statement regarding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) bringing forward a motion to vacate the position of the Speaker of the House, saying that this is “not the time.”

A spending bill backed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) includes hundreds of millions of dollars in American taxpayer money for border patrol agents in Ukraine as illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border remains at record levels.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Director of House Operations Hannah Fraher had a Never Trump conniption, emails obtained by Breitbart News show.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Breitbart News exclusively that she is prepared to force House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) out of his position with a vote to vacate the chair if the Speaker does not willingly resign the position. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office told Breitbart News exclusively that he intends to remain as Speaker of the House after he cast the deciding vote against ending the deep state’s warrantless surveillance of American citizens on Friday.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion Friday that could force a vote to strip the gavel from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Accusations of “Islamist threat” used to break longstanding rules in Britain’s Parliament challenged but petition against speaker grows.

On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) stated that it will take “temporarily” removing Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to pass the Senate border bill and that all of the House Democrats would

Seventy-four members of the House of Representatives sent Speaker Mike Johnson (R) a letter Wednesday urging him to reject the reauthorization of the Undetectable Firearms Act (1988).

Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) bid farewell to his constituents and colleagues in the House of Representatives on Thursday, his last day in session as a member. 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Friday announced the release of his documentary on the contentious House speakership battle.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Thursday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that the Republican Party would benefit “tremendously” if Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) lost his seat.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Tuesday on the Center for Politics podcast “Politics Is Everything” that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was “dangerous” because he went along with former President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in 2020.

Ken Buck will not run for reelection, another retirement announcement from a Republican who opposed GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan.

Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D- MD) said on Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) means the center of the Republican Party is now “the fringe right.”

Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday on Rumble’s “System Update” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) commitment to First Amendment issues is a “gigantic advancement over Kevin McCarthy.”

The lawmaker and his wife Kelly entered into what is called a “covenant marriage” in 1999, a legal agreement that emphasizes marriage as a life-long commitment and limits the circumstances under which a couple may divorce.

Former President Donald Trump mocked a congressional reporter on Wednesday in a piercing Sharpie critique.

Republicans roundly applauded Elise Stefanik for providing leadership and stability during the speakership battle on Capitol Hill.

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In” with newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the position, former President Donald Trump “cemented his hold over the Republican Party.”

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) “ideology is very far to the right.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Wednesday on CNN’s “This Morning” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is an “extreme right-wing ideologue.”

Mike Johnson said there are no coincidences in life, acknowledging that providence played a key role in his speakership victory.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Wednesday congratulated newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and urged Republicans to “unite” behind him moving forward.

House Republican lawmakers and conservatives roundly celebrated Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) unanimous election to House Speaker on Wednesday after 22 days of vacancy. 

Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) is a strong advocate of the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

Rep. Mike Johnson is the 56th Speaker of the House, ending a long Republican nightmare as several more potentially loom.

Famed Christian evangelist Franklin Graham is the latest to weigh in on the contentious speakership battle in the U.S. House of Representatives, openly throwing his support behind Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), who won the Republican nomination for speaker Tuesday.

Fox News Anchor Harris Faulkner said Tuesday on “Outnumbered” that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) could count votes well while discussing House Republican’s attempts to elect a speaker.

Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that he was confident House Republicans will elect a speaker before the stopgap spending bill ends on November 17. Tur said, “What is going on with your party that the person

Donald Trump said on Tuesday it would be a “tragic mistake” to vote for a “Globalist RINO” like Tom Emmer (R-MN) for House Speaker.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the latest House Republican Speaker nomination Tuesday on the fifth ballot by a 117-97 vote.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is by far the most popular Speaker candidate among Republicans, the latest survey from the Economist/YouGov found.