What we know On the first day of the legislative session, the Texas House elected a new speaker, Rep. Dustin Burrows. A total of 76 votes were needed to elect a speaker. On the first ballot ...

The House votes on a new speaker every two years on the first day of a new Congress. The House by law can’t function until it elects a speaker.

Supporters of President Donald Trump and others have puzzled over how he could secure a third term — would a scenario in which he’s elected speaker of the House ... to pass a new ...