Speaker of the House on HotAir

Speaker of the House

Dec 2018

Pelosi agrees to step aside 2022 to appease Democratic rebels

John Sexton Dec 12, 2018 9:21 PM

The Washington Post reports that Nancy Pelosi will definitely return as Speaker of the House after making a deal with …

Bloomberg: Pelosi to swap term limits for Speaker … for four years max

Ed Morrissey Dec 12, 2018 4:01 PM

Like a boss.

Kennedy: Yeah, we’re gonna have a shutdown

Ed Morrissey Dec 12, 2018 12:01 PM

Trump: Obama gave $150B to Iran but I can’t have $5 for a wall?

Nov 2018

Pelosi to Dems: You know where you can put your succession planning, right?

Ed Morrissey Nov 29, 2018 2:01 PM

“They want her to lame duck herself.”

Anti-Pelosi rebels: We’re the gang that couldn’t coup straight

Ed Morrissey Nov 27, 2018 2:01 PM

“They don’t know what they’re doing.”

Trump comes to Nancy Pelosi’s rescue in speaker race

Karen Townsend Nov 17, 2018 2:31 PM

“She deserves this victory.”

Nancy Pelosi proclaims self Speaker-to-be, but–Look!–She might need GOP help

Andrew Malcolm Nov 16, 2018 9:21 AM

Can’t speak now

Dem dissenters: We have the votes to block Pelosi speakership

Ed Morrissey Nov 14, 2018 4:01 PM

Confidence game.

Pelosi’s Speaker bid in trouble?

Ed Morrissey Nov 09, 2018 9:21 AM

“There’s no question in my mind: If we get 229, she will never get 218.”

Trump: Maybe I’ll help Nancy Pelosi become Speaker again

Jazz Shaw Nov 07, 2018 2:31 PM

This should be fun

Pelosi suggests Democrats should win the House so nobody gets hurt

Jazz Shaw Nov 02, 2018 8:01 AM

Nice country ya got there. Be a real shame if anything happened to it.

Aug 2018

WaPo: The one person standing between Democrats and a House majority may be …

Ed Morrissey Aug 10, 2018 12:31 PM

Pressure.

Jun 2018

The end around DACA maneuver is almost here

Jazz Shaw Jun 13, 2018 8:01 AM

Satisfying nobody, I’m sure

Apr 2018

As Paul Ryan’s approval climbs, he decides to depart

Andrew Malcolm Apr 13, 2018 11:21 AM

No more weekend Dad.

Boehner: Come on, the Freedom Caucus has no shot at Speaker

Ed Morrissey Apr 11, 2018 6:01 PM

Evolution.

Oct 2017

Pelosi needs to stay as Leader because there’s too many Y chromosomes around

Jazz Shaw Oct 21, 2017 8:31 AM

Otherwise, she’d have left by now…

Jul 2017

Handmaids unbound: Speaker Ryan will ‘modernize’ dystopian dress code

John Sexton Jul 13, 2017 7:21 PM

“This is nothing new and certainly not something that I devised.”

Mar 2017

Paul Ryan: Push for health-care reform will continue

John Sexton Mar 27, 2017 7:21 PM

“We are going to keep getting at this thing.”

Jan 2017

Unity? Ryan cruises to Speaker re-election with only one defection

Ed Morrissey Jan 03, 2017 5:21 PM

“… you haven’t seen it all.”

Nov 2016

Paul Ryan will win speaker election

John Sexton Nov 14, 2016 5:21 PM

“…comes just days after he was seen as at his most vulnerable.”

May 2016

Ryan to endorse Trump… unless he doesn’t

Jazz Shaw May 25, 2016 9:21 AM

Will he or won’t he?

Video: Sarah Palin tells Jake Tapper that Paul Ryan is about to be “Cantored”

Jazz Shaw May 08, 2016 12:31 PM

No room on the train for the Speaker

Apr 2016

Former Speaker Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison

John Sexton Apr 27, 2016 3:21 PM

“What I did was wrong and I regret it.”

Looks like neither Paul Ryan nor Barack Obama like this Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Jazz Shaw Apr 20, 2016 6:21 PM

We wouldn’t want to catch “the wrong people” here

Feb 2016

John Boehner may be off the stage but he’s far from gone

Jazz Shaw Feb 01, 2016 12:01 PM

Gone but not forgotten

Nov 2015

House GOP apparently not so wild about more detailed budget votes

Jazz Shaw Nov 07, 2015 7:01 PM

What do you mean by hard votes?

Ryan steps up leadership’s communications strategy

Amanda Muñoz Nov 02, 2015 6:01 PM

Smart.

Oct 2015

It’s official: Ryan new Speaker of the House, 236-184

Ed Morrissey Oct 29, 2015 12:01 PM

“We are not settling scores — we are wiping the slate clean.”

Boehner calls for education as a “civil rights” issue

Jazz Shaw Oct 24, 2015 11:31 AM

Charter schools good, confusing with civil rights…

About those conditions for a Paul Ryan speakership…

Taylor Millard Oct 21, 2015 10:41 AM

More information please.