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On Tuesday, Scarborough & Co. ran a clip of Comer on Fox Business lamenting the vote to dump Speaker Kevin McCarthy: "We've wasted three weeks, and this was a dumb move by those eight Members of Congress." Comer went so far as to say he was "ashamed" at what his colleagues had done. Far from lauding Comer for sounding "swampy" or "establishment," Scarborough dove again into derision: If James Comer is saying it's a dumb move, like, he trademarked dumb move. He's got a patent on dumb moves.Later, Mike Barnicle—who knows a thing or two about dumb moves—stole Scarborough's line,...

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has set Oct. 28 as the date for House Republicans to select their nominee for his replacement, with the full chamber voting on Oct. 29, Republican Representative John Mica of Florida said on Wednesday.

Around 10 a.m. this morning, Representative John Fleming (R., Md.) received a phone call from a colleague asking him to vote against Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) on the House floor today. Fleming has a longstanding alliance with Representative Steve King (R., Iowa), Representative Jim Bridenstine (R., Okla.), and other ringleaders of the unsuccessful effort to oust Boehner from the speaker’s chair, which makes it surprising that this was the first time anyone had contacted him about the issue. “To ask me to vote against the speaker on the last day like this, without having an alternative to vote for,...

Updated, 1:10 p.m. | The 114th Congress is barely underway, but Randy Weber, R-Texas, says he’s already paying a price for making known his intentions to vote against another term in leadership for Speaker John A. Boehner. Weber, who is backing the long-shot speakership bid of fellow Texan Rep. Louie Gohmert over Boehner, has been removed as the lead sponsor of a nuclear energy bill expected to brought to the floor in the 114th. During a small meeting Tuesday of about 10 members of the Texas delegation to discuss the speaker’s race, Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas,...

I thought this would be useful for people to read, as it explains the process of electing the Speaker of the House, and historical precedents. I want to call your attention to this particular section on page 4: Size of the House and Majority Required to Elect The data presented here cover the period during which the permanent size of the House has been set at 435 Members. This period corresponds to that since the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as the 47th and 48th States in 1912. The actual size of the House was 436, and then 437,...

House Session The House convened for its first legislative session of the 114th Congress.

Did not see one yet. Trying to access CSPAN on line. Site looks different. Are they requiring a registration to watch?