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.

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

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., ...

Congress must ensure it can continue to govern in the aftermath of mass violence, a bipartisan group of House members argue.

America Needs to Follow Suit ‘A Disgrace’ in Brazil One of the first acts to which House speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry committed the Republican conference he inherited from the ousted ...

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.

NC lawmakers overrode one more of Democratic Gov. Cooper’s vetoes. This bill cuts the appointment power of the governor. Here ...