Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Election
This page covers U.Southward. House leadership elections for the 117th Congress. Each party elects leadership responsible for leading the party'south briefing, setting legislative agendas, marshaling support for bills, and directing committee assignments, among other duties.[1]
The speaker of the Business firm, who presides over sessions of the chamber and is 2d in the line of presidential succession, is elected on the offset solar day the new Congress convenes. Other leadership positions are elected in meetings of the conference prior to the start of a new Congress.[1]
The 117th Congress convened on January 3, 2021.
Speaker of the House
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was elected speaker of the Business firm on January 3, 2021, with 216 votes.[ii] 5 Democratic representatives did not vote for her: Jared Golden (D-Maine), Conor Lamb (D-Pa.), Mikie Sherrill (D-Due north.J.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.).[ii] Gold voted for Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Lamb voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Sherrill, Slotkin, and Spanberger voted "present."[3] All 209 participating Republican representatives cast their votes for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).[4]
The speaker of the House is elected on the first day the new Congress convenes. According to the Congressional Research Service, "The long-standing do of the House is that electing a Speaker requires a numerical majority of the votes bandage by Members 'for a person by name.' This does not hateful that an individual must necessarily receive a majority (currently 218) of the full membership of the Firm, because some Members may not be present to vote (or may instead answer 'nowadays')."[5] Considering 427 representatives voted for someone by name, 214 votes were required for the speaker to be elected.[4]
Pelosi was selected as the Democratic nominee for speaker of the Firm by a voice vote on Nov xviii, 2020. She was unopposed.[half-dozen]
In 2019, Pelosi was elected speaker of the House with 220 votes. That year, fifteen Democrats did non vote for her, including the five who did not vote for her in 2021. V of the fifteen voted for her in 2021, 3 lost re-ballot in Nov 2020, Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) switched parties in Dec 2019, and the outcome of Anthony Brindisi's race in New York'due south 22nd Congressional District was unclear as of Jan iii.[4]
Pelosi previously served equally House speaker from 2007 to 2010 and became Firm minority leader after Democrats lost command of the House in the 2010 elections. Support for or opposition to Pelosi returning to the speakership was a major issue for Democratic candidates in the 2022 U.S. House elections.
Democratic leadership
House Democrats held their leadership elections remotely on November 18, 2020.[vi] The following representatives were elected to leadership positions in the 117th Congress:
- Steny Hoyer, majority leader: Hoyer was re-elected without opposition.[half dozen]
- Jim Clyburn, majority whip: Clyburn was re-elected without opposition.[6]
- Katherine Clark, assistant speaker: Clark defeated David Cicilline 135-92.[six] Click here to read more about this ballot.
- Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Caucus chairman: Jeffries was re-elected without opposition.[half-dozen]
On December 3, 2020, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Due north.Y.) was elected chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Maloney defeated Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) 119-107.[7] Click hither to read more most this election.
Assistant speaker election
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) defeated Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) 135-92 in the election for assistant speaker, the fourth-ranking position in the House.[6]
Cicilline, vice chair of the Progressive Conclave, appear that he was running for the position in September 2020. He said, "I retrieve I've proved to the caucus that I know how to build consensus, I know how to heed, how to work together, and I was willing to put in the time to serve the caucus." He was supported by Reps. Marking Takano (D-Calif.), Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), and Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), as well as the Equality Caucus and the Man Rights Campaign.[8] [9] [x] Takano said of Cicilline, "He's shown himself to accept depth on political messaging and very strong policy chops. ... That combination is what you want to see in leadership."[eight]
Clark, vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, likewise appear her candidacy for the position in September. According to Curlicue Call, Clark campaigned "on a unifying bulletin as well, touting her recruitment and mentorship of members in swing districts and her efforts as vice chairwoman to connect different sections of the caucus."[11] She was endorsed by Rep. Marking Pocan (D-Wis.), who said, "Congress serves the people and Katherine has exemplified that service in her over seven years championing populist people-showtime legislation in the House. ... We need someone with her vision and commitment to bold solutions sitting at the leadership table."[12] Clark was besides endorsed by Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), Derek Kilmer (D-Launder.), Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.).[12]
Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) besides ran for the position merely switched to the race for DCCC chair earlier the ballot.[xi] The position was held in the 116th Congress past Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), who was elected to the U.Due south. Senate.[eight]
DCCC chair election
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) defeated Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) 119-107 in the election for DCCC chair on Dec 3, 2020.[7]
Cárdenas and Maloney both announced on November 9 that they would run for the position subsequently Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) said she would not run for re-election as chair.[13]
According to Politico, both representatives "[offered] competing pitches about what went wrong at the polls and how to solve it": Cárdenas "[touted] his robust fundraising and power to connect with Latino voters" and Maloney "[touted] his experience running as a gay human with a biracial family in a Trump-won district in the Lower Hudson Valley."[14]
Co-ordinate to The Hill, Cárdenas was "seen as someone who could help Democrats address lost ground with Hispanic voters. ... Cárdenas said that during his six years leading Bold PAC, the super PAC helped boost the number of Hispanic members of Congress from 25 to 40 and raise more than than $30 one thousand thousand."[thirteen]
Cárdenas said, "I would similar to run into the DCCC change overnight, literally, to brand certain that we have culturally competent, various staff, various vendors, diverse campaign consultants, diverse candidates all across the lath."[xv]
Cárdenas received the endorsement of the Hispanic Caucus and the support of representatives including Reps. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), Susan Wild (D-Pa.), Filemon Vela (D-Texas), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Steven Horsford (D-Nev.).[16]
According to Politico, Maloney "pitched himself as a swing-commune Democrat who [could] protect the conclave' most vulnerable members — and its fragile majority — going into the 2022 midterms."[17] He said, "I won my outset election by beating a Republican incumbent and have won reelection five times, outperforming the top of the ticket each time. ... I did all this as a married gay man with an interracial family."[xiii]
Maloney "[vowed] to listen to younger progressives when it comes to social media and digital outreach; to shift away from 'stuffy old traditional crappy polling' and adopt community-based focus groups; and to decline the idea that big fundraising hauls are synonymous with election success," co-ordinate to The Loma.[18]
Maloney'southward endorsements included the Equality Caucus and Reps. Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.), Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Ami Bera (D-Calif.), Brad Schneider (D-Sick.), and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.).[16]
Republican leadership
House Republicans held leadership elections on November 17, 2020.[xix] The following representatives were elected to leadership positions in the 117th Congress:
- Kevin McCarthy, minority leader: McCarthy was re-elected without opposition.[20]
- Steve Scalise, minority whip: Scalise was re-elected without opposition.[21]
- Liz Cheney, Republican Conference chairman: Cheney was re-elected without opposition.[21]
- Gary Palmer, Republican Policy Commission chairman: Palmer was re-elected without opposition.[21]
Tom Emmer was re-elected equally National Republican Congressional Commission (NRCC) chair.[22]
Aftermath of Republican leadership elections
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the third highest-ranking Republican in the House, was 1 of 10 House Republicans to support the 2d impeachment of President Donald Trump (R) following the Jan 6, 2021, breach of the U.Southward. Capitol.
House Republicans held a vote by secret election on Feb three, 2021, regarding whether Cheney should exist removed from leadership considering of her vote to impeach Trump. Cheney retained her position with 145 votes to keep her in place, 61 to remove her, and one present vote.[23]
Beginning in late April 2021, several Republicans began to publicly criticize Cheney again for her comments confronting Trump and his allegations of voter fraud in the 2022 presidential election.[24] [25] House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he had lost confidence in Cheney.[26]
On May five, 2021, a spokesperson for second-ranking Firm Republican Steve Scalise (La.) said that he supported removing Cheney. "House Republicans demand to be solely focused on taking dorsum the Firm in 2022 and fighting against Speaker Pelosi and President Biden'due south radical socialist agenda, and Elise Stefanik is strongly committed to doing that, which is why Whip Scalise has pledged to support her for conference chair," the aide said. Trump too issued a statement endorsing Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for conference chair.[27]
Cheney wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post on May five, 2021, calling on Republicans to back up criminal investigations into the January 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, along with a bipartisan commission inquiry. She wrote, "History is watching. Our children are watching. We must be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our autonomous process. I am committed to doing that, no matter what the curt-term political consequences might exist."[28]
On May 12, 2021, Cheney was voted out of leadership by a vocalism vote in a private meeting.[29] [30]
On May xiv, 2021, Stefanik was elected the new briefing chair by a vote of 134-46. Rep. Scrap Roy (R-Texas), a member of the Business firm Freedom Caucus, launched a terminal-minute claiming to Stefanik on May 13, merely he lost his bid.[31]
Leadership of the 116th Congress
Heading into the 2022 leadership elections, the post-obit U.S. representatives held leadership positions:[32]
- Nancy Pelosi (D), speaker of the House
- Steny Hoyer (D), bulk leader
- James Clyburn (D), bulk whip
- Ben Ray Luján (D), assistant speaker
- Hakeem Jeffries (D), Democratic Caucus chairman
- Kevin McCarthy (R), minority leader
- Steve Scalise (R), minority whip
- Liz Cheney (R), Republican Conference chairman
- Gary Palmer (R), Republican Policy Committee chairman
Duties of U.Southward. Business firm leadership
The following cursory descriptions of the duties of U.S. House leadership in the 116th Congress come up directly from the official website of the U.S. Firm of Representatives:[32]
- Speaker of the House: Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts equally leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional part of presiding officer and authoritative head of the House, the role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected member of the House. The Speaker of the Firm is second in line to succeed the President, later the Vice President.
- Majority leader: Represents Democrats on the Business firm floor.
- Bulk whip: Assists leadership in managing party's legislative programme.
- Assistant speaker: Assists the Majority Leader.
- Autonomous Caucus chairman: Heads system of all Autonomous Party members in the Firm.
- Republican leader: Represents Republicans on the House floor.
- Republican whip: Assists leadership in managing party'southward legislative program.
- Republican Conference chairman: Heads organization of all Republican Party members in the House.
- Republican Policy Committee chairman: Heads Conference forum for policy development.
See also
- United States Congress elections, 2020
- U.s.a. Senate elections, 2020
- United states House of Representatives elections, 2020
- 117th Usa Congress
- United States Congress
- United States Senate
- United States House of Representatives
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 one.1 Congressional Inquiry Service, "Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities," accessed November 16, 2018
- ↑ ii.0 2.ane The New York Times, "Nancy Pelosi Secures Another Term as Speaker, as Senate Hangs in Balance," January iii, 2021
- ↑ Politician, "Pelosi reelected speaker despite narrow majority," January 3, 2021
- ↑ four.0 4.1 4.2 Curlicue Call, "Pelosi elected speaker, likely for the last time," January 3, 2021
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "Electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions," November 24, 2020
- ↑ vi.0 six.1 6.2 6.iii 6.4 six.v 6.6 Political leader, "Pelosi suggests she'll serve her last term every bit speaker," November xviii, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.one Roll Call, "Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney called to chair DCCC going into inclement election bike," Dec 3, 2020
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Newsweek, "Race is On Among Firm Democrats to Become Assistant Speaker to Nancy Pelosi," September 3, 2020
- ↑ The Providence Periodical, "U.S. Rep. Cicilline loses run for assistant speaker," Nov 18, 2020
- ↑ Human Rights Entrada, "Human Rights Campaign Endorses David Cicilline for Assistant Speaker of the U.Due south. Firm of Representatives," November 16, 2020
- ↑ xi.0 eleven.1 Roll Phone call, "5 things to picket in House Democrats' leadership elections," November 17, 2020
- ↑ 12.0 12.one The Hill, "Clark rolls out endorsements in assistant Speaker race," September 15, 2020
- ↑ 13.0 thirteen.ane 13.2 The Hill, "Ii lawmakers announce bids to succeed Bustos at DCCC," November nine, 2020
- ↑ Politician, "Democrats wait to side by side DCCC principal to avert 2022 disaster," Nov 24, 2020
- ↑ Axios, "Cárdenas: Democrats need to exist more 'culturally competent' to win," Nov 24, 2020
- ↑ 16.0 16.one Roll Phone call, "2020 lessons, Democratic divisions define race for DCCC chair," November 18, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "Democrats jockey for leadership posts after ballot drubbing," November 17, 2020
- ↑ The Hill, "Maloney vows to overhaul a Firm Democratic campaign machine 'stuck in the past,'" November 23, 2020
- ↑ Twitter, "House Republicans on Nov 17, 2020," accessed November xviii, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Trump ally McCarthy is reelected leader of Firm Republicans," November 17, 2020
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.two Political leader, "McCarthy heads into next Congress with center on speaker's gavel," November 17, 2020
- ↑ Twitter, "Business firm Republicans on November 17, 2020," accessed November xviii, 2020
- ↑ CNN, "Business firm Republicans vote to go along Liz Cheney in leadership after she defends her impeachment vote," February three, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "McCarthy and Cheney worlds autonomously after Florida retreat," April 27, 2021
- ↑ The New York Times, "Tensions among Business firm Yard.O.P. leaders rise as a possible Cheney ouster looms," May 4, 2021
- ↑ Axios, "Scoop: McCarthy trashes Cheney on hot mic," May four, 2021
- ↑ NBC News, "Trump, other top Republicans back Stefanik to replace Cheney as GOP conference chair," May 5, 2021
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Opinion: Liz Cheney: The GOP is at a turning point. History is watching us," May 5, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Cheney booted from Republican leadership spot," May 12, 2021
- ↑ The New York Times, "House Republicans Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership," May 12, 2021
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "U.S. Rep. Chip Roy loses bid to supervene upon Liz Cheney as 3rd-ranking House Republican," May 14, 2021
- ↑ 32.0 32.i Us House of Representatives, "Leadership," accessed Nov nineteen, 2020
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