The next House speaker will inherit a mountain of work that threatens the stability of their speakership before it even begins

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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., pauses as he speaks about foreign policy during the John Hay Initiative, Monday, Sept. 28,2015, at a hotel in Washington.

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Trump thinks Jesus could be elected House Speaker, breaking with some Republicans

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Former President Donald Trump and an oil painting of Jesus, right, by Paris Bordone.

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Tucker Carlson says he has 'no plans to get involved' in the House GOP speaker race despite bad blood with frontrunner Tom Emmer

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, widely seen as the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination for speaker.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, widely seen as the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination for speaker.

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Fashion police, brawls, and heckling: House Republicans' petty drama has no end in sight

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Republican Reps. George Santos of New York and Lauren Boebert of Colorado.

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Welcome to the revenge of the Republicans you've never heard of before

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Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia came out of the woodwork and won 81 votes against Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio last week — despite not campaigning at all for the job.

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The GOP's congressional chaos deepens as Jim Jordan drops bid for speakership

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan

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20 Republicans oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, sinking his chances on the first ballot

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio (center) failed to win enough support to become speaker of the House on the first ballot. Republican Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska (left) and Kay Granger of Texas both opposed him on the first ballot.

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The House Republican Conference has been built for chaos since the 1990s. It only took one slim majority for that to blow up on them.

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Former House speakers Newt Gingrich, left, and Kevin McCarthy.

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House Republican complains Jim Jordan and his allies want 'to beat folks into submission' as he struggles to collect the necessary votes

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio at a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 20, 2023.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio at a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 20, 2023.

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Even the experts who study Congress don't know how this House speakership drama will end

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A visitor takes a photo of the sign above former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office suite.
Despite former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster, the sign is still up as the House searches for a new leader.

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