Hours after Rep. Jim Jordan’s failed bid to win the speaker’s gavel on Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats are weighing a plan to give Rep. Patrick McHenry the power to serve temporarily as ...

But Rep. Patrick McHenry — the GOP’s bow-tied, gavel-slamming temporary speaker — is just now emerging as America’s latest political obsession, memes and all. And he's on deck to step into ...

So far the most notable thing Mr McHenry has done with the Speaker's gavel in his hand was to slam it down very hard right after Mr McCarthy's ouster - a moment that went viral. Since that hammer ...

After winning a 58-52 majority in the Michigan House, GOP lawmakers chose Minority Leader Mall, R-Richland Township, as their ...

(TIME reached out to the Harris and Trump campaigns about the claim that Democrats would make Ocasio-Cortez Speaker of the House. Neither immediately responded.) While references to the “gavel ...

Some have already floated giving Mr McCarthy, who was only narrowly unseated two weeks ago, another chance at the gavel ... the powers of acting Speaker Patrick McHenry, allowing him to preside ...

A nasty interparty fight could play out similar to the chaotic scenario that unfolded last year when former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to survive 15 rounds of votes to win the gavel that was ...

“During the live stream, Walz told Ocasio-Cortez that if he and Kamala Harris won the election, he would make her the Speaker of the House.” Other Instagram posts made similar claims. Walz did ...

Jordan was rejected twice, and Emmer was also denied the gavel, paving the way ... Services Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., who served as the interim speaker between McCarthy and Johnson ...

Presiding over his 12th opening session as House speaker, Joe Souki of Maui urged his fellow lawmakers Wednesday to press for needed changes against the push back of the status quo, citing the ...