The first order of business for the new House of Representatives, which will meet on Friday to begin the 119th Congress, is to elect a speaker.
The current holder of the gavel, Speaker Mike Johnson, looks to be in better shape than former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was at the start of the 118th Congress, when it took 15 rounds of voting before the Californian was able to get through. He was booted just nine months later, making room for Johnson after weeks of chaos.
