Philadelphia voters elect city’s first female mayor in historic vote Wednesday, November 8 by ABC News(PHILADELPHIA) -- Cherelle Parker is literally one in a hundred after being elected Philadelphia's first female mayor.In a historic vote, Parker became the City of Brotherly Love's 100th mayor and the first woman elected to the office."Who is Cherelle Parker going to be? A get-it-done... Read More.
House Republicans will try, again, to elect a new speaker amid gridlock after McCarthy ouster Monday, October 16 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans plan to hold a floor vote to try and pick a new speaker on Tuesday -- exactly two weeks after eight of their members joined the Democratic minority in deposing the chamber's previous leader, Kevin McCarthy.Since McCarthy's historic ouster, the... Read More.
Republicans have to quickly ‘make sure we get the job done’ and elect new speaker, Rep. Buck says Sunday, October 8 by ABC NewsTwo lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle on Sunday weighed in on the ongoing disarray in the House of Representatives, after a small group of Republicans last week booted Speaker Kevin McCarthy with Democrats' help, leaving the chamber leader-less and paralyzing one half... Read More.
When was the longest it took to elect a speaker of the House? Wednesday, January 4 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The vote to elect a House speaker in the new Congress is in its second day -- the first time that has happened in a century -- as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy struggles to get a majority of votes to wield the... Read More.
House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Nancy Pelosi Wednesday, November 30 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- House Democrats on Wednesday elected a historic new generation of leaders.Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York will succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democratic Caucus.The 52-year-old Jeffries will be the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress.The whip will... Read More.
Italy expected to elect its first female prime minister, a conservative firebrand Sunday, September 25 by ABC News(ROME) -- Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), could become the first female prime minister in the history of Italy in an anticipated right-wing surge to the polls on Sunday.Europe's attention is trained on Rome, where this potential first is joined... Read More.