House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal ...

Chopp, a Seattle Democrat, was Washington state’s longest-serving House speaker, having held the leadership position for two ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy ...

He became the lone House speaker after Democrats gained the majority of seats in 2002, holding the gavel until deciding in 2019 to step down from that role. Chopp continued serving as a state ...