Speaker of U.S. House

This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to "never quit," and then did just that. The U.S. Senate approved the last military promotions blockaded by Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, ending his months long campaign over the Pentagon’s travel policy related to abortion.

Alabama Congressman-Elect Dale Strong remains a Congressman-Elect after three failed votes to sit a Speaker. The GOP needs to pick a leader before freshman members can be sworn in.

Sam Rayburn ruled as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives during the Franklin Roosevelt-Post Depression and World War II Era...