The 119th Congress arrives on Friday and its first process may very well be a messy one: electing a Speaker within the Home of Representatives.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a ground vote on whether or not he can hold his gavel and he could have virtually no room for error. Assuming all members are current and voting for a candidate, Johnson can afford to lose just one GOP vote — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is extensively seen as an immovable “no.” Roughly a dozen different conservative Republicans are undecided.
The election of the Speaker have to be accomplished earlier than the Home can take every other actions, together with swearing in its members, adopting a guidelines bundle and, finally, certifying President-elect Trump’s victory on Monday.
On the opposite aspect of the Capitol, senators anticipate far much less drama, however can even see new members sworn in.
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