After two last-minute vote changes by G.O.P. holdouts, Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana secured a majority of votes in the first round of voting for his re-election bid. Needed to win ...

As a result, Johnson became the first speaker candidate in the past 112 years to win without a single vote beyond the bare minimum needed for a majority. That said, close speaker elections have ...

Bush won the popular vote by 2.4 percent in the very close 2004 election. Unlike Obama and Bush, moreover, Trump did not win a majority of the national popular vote. Though it looked like he was ...

Republicans won a majority in the House during November ... Ky.) pledging not to vote for Johnson, just one additional “no” vote could leave the House without a speaker and force the chamber ...

First they have to elect a speaker, which requires a majority of those who vote for a particular person—abstaining or voting “present” doesn’t count in the calculations. The declared ...

This bill requires two-thirds of the House, not an absolute majority. It requires two-thirds. So, the fact that you have Democrats who normally would vote for this, refusing to do so, not because ...

Newcomers Carlos Leyva and Bill Sniadecki joined returning trustees Jeanette McCullough and Mark Costello, formerly frequent holdouts in 5-2 votes under the previous board, to form a majority ...