DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Iowa lawmakers clocked in Monday morning for the 2016 legislative session. Shortly after that, something special happened in the House of Representatives: the first female House speaker – Representative Linda Upmeyer House Speaker Paul Ryan said that if controversial candidate Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential nomination, he will support … Read more
The race for Louisiana Speaker of the House pits more than two candidates against one another. It pits the Federalist Papers concept of divided government versus the traditional Pelican State notion that the Governor can choose his candidate to run the The race for Louisiana Speaker of the House pits more than two candidates against … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – After his surprise election, Louisiana's new House speaker was working Tuesday to piece together his leadership team, choices made more urgent by the state's deep financial problems and a planned February special session The Louisiana House of Representatives broke ranks with Edwards and picked a Republican, New Iberia Rep. Taylor … Read more
SAN ANTONIO — Rep. Paul Ryan said he does not want to be speaker of the House, a declaration that will cause reverberations in Republican leadership circles in Washington. During a wide-ranging luncheon in a hotel ballroom here Thursday, Texas It's how the daughter of a factory worker is CEO of America's largest automaker; how … Read more
Speaker of the House Frank Chopp was given the Washington Coalition for Open Government's highest award Tuesday evening. The Ballard Thompson Award is given to the state legislator who demonstrated the most OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma's Republican House Speaker T.W. Shannon is telling members of his caucus he will run for the U.S. Senate … Read more
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon plans to enter the Republican race for U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn's seat on Wednesday, and will make separate announcements in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and his hometown of Lawton. Photo – House WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today announced … Read more