Here’s what you need to know about how the House elects a speaker.
FILE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives on the House floor before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 21, 2022. McCarthy is set to face a strange case of dj vu come Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. The political future of the 57-year-old will once again be at stake as members of the Republican conference take to the House floor to decide if he should be elected as their speaker.
More than seven years later, he is the party's nominee for speaker after leading the Republican Party to a slim majority in the November midterm elections. He secured the support of most of the conference during a closed-door leadership vote shortly after and overcame a challenge from Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.
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