House rules dictated McCarthy, upon his election as speaker in January, provide a secret list of members to succeed him as speaker pro tempore should the office be vacated as it was with his removal.

"House Republicans may not deserve a leader ... Mr Buck argued there is nothing preventing the Speaker pro tempore from performing normal legislative duties, like recognising members for motions ...

Unlike British practice and unlike the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House is the primary legislative leader of the body. As the leader of the majority party, the Speaker ...

Former House Speakers Newt Gingrich and John Boehner say House Republicans should give Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry more power if the conference cannot unite to elect a new speaker.

By statute, the office is third in succession to the presidency after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The President Pro Tempore is not a legislative leader.

Psst! There Are a Handful of New Polls in Competitive U.S. House Races! Republicans are talking about a bipartisan deal to make the speaker pro tempore, Representative Patrick McHenry (R., ...

State Rep. John Wills serves as Iowa House speaker pro tempore. Lisa B. Nelson is CEO of the American Legislative Exchange ...

An outbreak of violence is not as unthinkable as it used to be, according to a bipartisan collection of House members.

A federal judge has rejected a Democratic challenge to a Georgia law that allows Gov. Brian Kemp and a few other Georgia politicians to raise unlimited campaign cash.

Watch with moderator Kevin Ogle, commentators Mike Turpen and Todd Lamb. Special guest was Oklahoma House Speaker Pro Tempore Kyle Hilbert (R) Bristow. Watch the whole episode above.

By Daniel Walters InvestigateWest From the beginning, conflict has been embedded in the Freedom Caucus brand.  During the past decade, the House Freedom Caucus, made up of the most right-wing members ...