WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump. A collection of hardline Republicans convened in the back of…
Jackson, MS – Speaker Jason White names appointments for PEER Committee, Select Committee on Healthcare Reform: Certificate of Need, Select Committee on Prescription Drugs, Select Committee on Tax Reform, and Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision, and Publication. Speaker Jason…
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now…
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has enough votes to be elected House speaker. As the roll call was underway Wednesday, Republicans were eager to put Johnson on track…
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press Republican Tom Emmer has abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker. That's according to Republican sources familiar with the situation inside a closed-door meeting. Emmer of Minnesota…
Mike Ezell, who was elected to the Fourth Congressional District in Mississippi, is still waiting to be sworn into office. The Congressman-elect -- along with others elected in November -- cannot be sworn in until a House Speaker is elected.…
Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn visited Gautier today to speak at a rotary international meeting and luncheon. The Rotary Club of Gautier hosted…
