Vice President Joe Biden and former Speaker of the House were both honored by University of Notre Dame on Sunday. The University awarded the two political leaders the Laetare Medal, the highest honor at the University. Notre Dame President Reverend John Jenkins said that the two were chosen to highlight […]
Speaker-designate Paul Ryan was elected to be Speaker of the House by the full House on Thursday. He won with 236 votes, all from Republicans. He won the votes of all Republicans, except for eleven. Nine Republicans supported Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) who was actively running for Speaker and Ryan […]
Rep. Paul Ryan has announced that he will move forward with his Speaker run after gaining the support of three major House Republican group, the Tuesday Group, the House Freedom Caucus, and the Republican Study Committee. The House Freedom Caucus, a right-wing conservative group that has been a thorn in the […]
Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that he will be running for Speaker, if he can serve as a unity candidate. Representative Ryan, a rising star in the Republican Party who serves as Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, laid out several conditions for a Speakership run, including that […]
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy unexpectedly dropped his bid to Speaker of the House Thursday, a move that makes an already volatile House session all the more crazy. Leader McCarthy made the announcement as House Republicans were meeting to vote on their nominee to be the Speaker. He said that the conference […]
