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STARKVILLE­­ ­­­­­– American citizens last week learned a new phrase in the nation’s political lexicon, one not heard 14 consecutive times on Capitol Hill since before the Civil War: “No

Johnson, who has served as Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 is presiding over the chamber and calling members to order daily until a Speaker of the House is chosen.

As the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Cheryl L. Johnson has tried to keep lawmakers in order.

Instead of seizing the House majority with a historic number of new Republican lawmakers, the party's minuscule advantage after the midterm elections gave a group of conservatives leverage to thwart Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker.

House lawmakers Tuesday adjourned the opening day of the 118th Congress stymied by GOP infighting over the speaker's gavel, which left the chamber in limbo and unable to organize for the legislative session.

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The House will vote at noon on Tuesday to determine if Kevin McCarthy will be the next speaker -- though it's possible the vote will spark more questions than answers

A group of conservative Republicans thwarted Rep. Kevin McCarthy's initial bid for speaker, leaving the House in a rare state of limbo on the opening day of the 118th Congress.

Second-ballot votes yielded little improvement for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who lost 19 votes to Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican and conservative firebrand who founded the House Freedom Caucus.

(WASHINGTON) -- The House will vote at noon on Tuesday to determine who its next speaker will be -- though it's possible the vote will initially spark more ques