Control of the U.S. House remains in question, but Republicans plan to move ahead Tuesday with leadership elections for the next Congress. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., faces an early and critical loyalty test in his bid to be speaker of what is likely to be a single-digit GOP majority.
His success rests on keeping rank-and-file Republicans almost completely unified behind him and already there are signs of trouble, as a handful of right-wing lawmakers say they will not support him for speaker.
